Saul,
I was trying to portray the same point to BJaiteh about the Jawara regime.
Seringe Bamba.
>From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Boto Jaiteh: Re: Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara the Pragmatic Leader!
>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:24:33 GMT
>
>Boto,
>
>I agree with you on the evils of the Jammeh regime, but you're being
>totally
>economical with the truth on almost everything else. If Jawara's Gambia was
>so good, why did we all leave? There are many who say the type of things
>you're saying here, who left white-colar jobs in the Gambia to come and
>filp
>burgers here in the West for a living. Why? All the smart people you've
>listed have one thing in common: they all got educated outside the Gambia!
>If Jawara was so good, how come Yaya Jammeh built a university in six years
>when he failed to build one in almost thirty years? How about all the
>much-needed secondary schools built since 1994?(Contrary to your
>assertions,
>MOST Gambian children didn't have the opportunity to go to school. You
>better check the stats again.) How about the hospitals built since?
>
>Regarding provimcial schools getting free transports during vacations, you
>need to specify that only Armitage school had such privilege. It's not true
>that any other school had such luck. And to say/intimate that hospitals
>under Jawara were good is a crude joke. People were dying like flies of
>simple ailments all over the country. I can go on and on about your
>misrepresentation.
>
>But if you don't take anything from what I'm trying to say, take this much:
>neither Jawara nor Yaya is good for the Gambia. We deserve better than
>both.
>And you're not helping Gambians by falsely embellishing Jawara's record. We
>will never progress when all we do is to deceive each other with blatant
>lies. I can't stand Yaya Jammeh. Between Yaya's person and Jawara, I'll
>take
>Jawara. But we have other choices. Let's look at those. Why lie about a
>Jawara regime that never was? What are you trying to accomplish? Who are
>you
>trying to fool?
>
>We can only go forward when we put everything on the table, and establish
>the truth. People like yourself who obviously have a personal ax to grind,
>only discredit the genuine criticisms that many of us level at Yaya Jammeh.
>So, if you love the Gambia like I do, tell the truth no matter where it
>lies. Otherwise, get ready, because as long as I'm on this List, blatant
>lies like you're telling here will not go unchallenged. Don't you think our
>people have heard enough lies and seen enough hypocrisy already? Adhere to
>the truth, if you want any respect here. That's the name of the game, my
>friend!
>
>Sorry I got to break this to you. I just can't stand lies, and hypocrisy
>...
>
>Saul.
>
>
>>From: Boto Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
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>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara the Pragmatic Leader!
>>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:02:47 +0000
>>
>> >>> [log in to unmask] 02/09/00 11:21pm >>>
>>FELLOW GAMBIANS:
>>
>>The state of our nation, The Gambia, is deplorable. The Gambia is now a
>>
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