"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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>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
>
>
>
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>Subject: FWD: The Jet Fighter Pierces The Airspace Again
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>
>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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