Saul, I was trying to portray the same point to BJaiteh about the Jawara regime. Seringe Bamba. >From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>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 >> >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------