These fighter jets are real toys for the big boys in power

>From: momodou olly-mboge <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: The Jet Fighter Pierces The Airspace Again
>Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 19:58:13 +0000
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>"These guys are truly dickheads??
>Who in their right minds would fly Fighter Jets over a congested city like
>Banjul and the suburbs when there is NO reason for it, except to terrify an
>innocent populace?"
>
>Dave,
>
>Yes, only dickheads will do such kind a thing.  I just can't fathom why on
>earth the need for a jet fighter in The Gambia.  But with the morons at the
>helm anything is game.
>
>regards,
>
>Mboge
>
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>>Subject: Re: The Jet Fighter Pierces The Airspace Again
>>Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 19:21:00 +0100
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>>These guys are truly dickheads??
>>Who in their right minds would fly Fighter Jets over a congested city like
>>Banjul
>>and the suburbs when there is NO reason for it, except to terrify an
>>innocent populace?
>>
>>Mr Mboge you live in London and HMS RAF Norholt is in the outskirts
>>of the city, but have you ever seen a Jet Fighter frightening the living
>>day
>>light
>>of out of Londoners? Nope, am sure you haven't, for not only is it
>>dangerous
>>and fool
>>hardy, but is totally unnecessary. I live in Southampton and we have HMS
>>RAF
>>Daedulus/Cranwell,
>>but apart from the "spitfire" air shows (and that is done over the waters
>>too) during armistice day
>>celebrations one could be forgiven for thinking that there are no RAF
>>Stations in the Southampton
>>environs.
>>
>>Without knowing the service history of the particular fighter jet/s won't
>>you think
>>a responsible govt/military would rather be flying this gargantuan of a
>>museum piece
>>over the Atlantic ocean? But hey I really think that sometimes we expect
>>too
>>much of the
>>nutters.
>>
>>Please, dickheads spend the money needed for fuelling and servicing this
>>museum piece on
>>more urgent and overdue services like hospitals, so that someone else's
>>little brother
>>will not have to go through the pain mine did.
>>
>>I hope you get out of your slumbers soon, for both your own good and the
>>good of our "tired"
>>peole.
>>
>>Regards
>>Manneh
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of momodou olly-mboge
>>Sent: 20 May 2002 16:20
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: FWD: The Jet Fighter Pierces The Airspace Again
>>
>>
>>THE POINT NEWSPAPER
>>
>>
>>Monday, May 20, 2002
>>
>>
>>
>>The Jet Fighter Pierces The Airspace Again
>>
>>Yesterday, many people had shivers running down their spine when Jammeh’s
>>Jet fighter pierced the greater Banjul’s airspace. Some people opined that
>>some form of announcement about the matter should have been made before
>>hand
>>to get the public prepared for the show. Some wondered why the Jet made
>>its
>>second appearance at this point in time. Others advanced that it needed to
>>be ‘tried’ from time to time to ‘heat’ its engines. Some also claimed that
>>it came out because of the current upheaval in Casamance, speculating that
>>it flew in that direction. Sierra Leoneans were said to have said: “Na so
>>Salone been day”.
>>
>>Overall, the ‘show’ was not very much appreciated as it frightened many
>>people (and animals as dogs were reported to have ran for shelter) with
>>some
>>of them dashing for safety or to take cover. We feel that the Jet should
>>not
>>have been flown following all that the President said about militarism
>>through his rendition of the young girl’s message at the UN as well as his
>>own statements. It would be recalled that the Banjul young girl said among
>>other things: “…we do not need weapons.” The President himself said in New
>>York: “I would finally like to urge all of us to help our children use
>>their
>>energies in constructive and positive ways because the misdirection of
>>their
>>energies resulting from neglect, poor health, lack of access to education,
>>abuse, exploitation, militarism and crime can only deepen social
>>instability
>>and crises.”
>>
>>Now, the question one may ask is whether the government as a unit deals
>>and
>>works out issues as an entity or in a ‘piloting on sight’ manner? A policy
>>statement is made by a Head of State in the confines of the UN General
>>Assembly in the presence of Delegates from more than 180 countries and the
>>next minute an action that runs counter to this profession of faith is
>>carried out in contradiction of the stated commitment. What are we
>>suffering
>>from? Do we have people alive to their roles? What about good advisers, do
>>we have them? People who make sure that policies and directives are
>>adhered
>>to more so when commitments are made in public and/or international fora.
>>
>>The other thing about the Jet is that it is costly to maintain and we
>>still
>>need money for the education, health of our people. World Bank officials
>>have also decried its prohibitive maintenance envelope during a meeting
>>with
>>the media. Farmers are more and more facing hardship with the poor
>>groundnut
>>purchasing methods. Maybe the Jet should be sold and its proceeds used for
>>other development-oriented pursuits as the President himself hinted in New
>>York. - Or was that just one of diplomacy’s major rule, as we know it?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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