Saul, you are right about the misery and humiliation this moron has subjected us to. Any sane person (not even talking about a patriotic leader) would reflect on this fiasco, acknowledge the stupidity of his actions, apologize to the Gambian public, disband those thugs calling themselves youth activists, encourage an atmosphere where people can exercise their God given democratic rights etc. etc. There are simply numerous things that this illegal government should do to bring back sanity to our society. Apart from the APRC, it is in nobody's interest for there to be chaos in our country. Yaya and his cohorts want to create chaos and frustrate the attempts of decent Gambians that want a democratic change in the country. This is the simple truth. Yaya is beyond salvage. Reminds me of the Nazis in Nuremburg, who even after they were confronted with films showing Holocaust victims, were still trying to argue that what the Nazis did to the Jews was justified. These Nazis strongly believed that the continued existence of the Jews would 'sabotage' German domination of the whole world. Yaya believes that all decent and law-abiding citizens of The Gambia that do not like some of his criminal policies and behavior are out to 'sabotage' him. No one can wipe that out of Yaya's little brain. The guy is simply suffering from schizophrenia. Trying to reason with Yaya is like talking to a Campama inmate that fervently believes that devils are after him. Like Ebrima's source said, the guy has gone 'nuts'. Again, this is nothing but paranoia and cowardice. Yaya is beginning to take seriously the adage that what goes around, comes around. Where have we heard that recently? The coward is just going back to the only thing he knows, i.e. thuggery and bully tactics. But this time, he better be very careful. His actions will not go unpunished and his tactics will not be implemented without resistance from the people. The nonentities following him around, spurring him on should also be very careful. These are the same types of people that carried out the purges for Hitler; the same types of people that would stand at rallies for hours listening to Hitler's absurd speeches; the same types of people who because of selfish reasons would allow a mad man to lead them to the gallows; these were the same people that were eventually hunted down by the victorious allies, tried and executed while their mad and cowardly leader (Hitler) committed the ultimate cowardly act of all (suicide). History repeats itself in mysterious ways. Yaya is not a man. The coward will just blow hot air and will never take responsibility. If people are foolish enough to stick with this spineless impotent to the end, these people have no one to blame but Yaya and themselves. I feel sorry for Yaya followers. Can't they see how empty he is? What was Yaya boasting about the other day? He put his life on the line in 1994 for the Gambian people? Nothing can be farther from the truth. This coward was peeing his pants at the state house in Banjul even after they were assured that Jawara had left and there was no longer any resistance. It is a sorry state of affairs if a head of state would use such childish wishful thinking in order to impress gullible supporters; or a head of state finds it necessary to threaten the lives of innocent citizens in order to command respect. So who is Yaya kidding? But then, his audience was composed of the same types of people who could not see how dark Hitler's hair was when the fool was arguing for the superiority of the blue-eyed blond. Yaya followers should wake up and realize that they are fighting a futile battle. Yaya's days are numbered. So do not let him take you to Hell with him. This man's madness and cowardice should be visible to the naked eye. His hatred for the ordinary Gambian citizen manifests itself everyday. It is high time we hate him back. We can do lot better without Yaya and his redundant policies. KB >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: Re: Mr. Halifa Sallah>>Re: When The Seed Of............ A Bumper > Harvest Of National Disintegration Is Reaped >Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:37:23 GMT > >Bamba Lye, > >You've honed on to the gist of our dilemma here. You know this Yaya Jammeh >reminds me of that Abdallah Bakharam? guy who was elected president of >Equador a few years ago. On the day he was elected, he went playing >football >with some boys. People thought he was just being down to earth. But when he >was inaugurated president, the demon in him came out. He started saying >really outrageous things, not to talk about his behavior. So, before he >could do much damage to Equador, the parliament acted, and immediately >removed him from the presidency! This was just two/three years ago. And >Equador is similar to the Gambia in many ways: high illiteracy, low human >PPI, etc. > >But the major difference is that in Equador, they do have HONORABLE members >of parliament who put aside their personal and party interests to work for >the nation's interests. Unfortunately in our case, we have the Tamsir >Jallows, and Tombong Jattas whose only interest is to wake up every day, >jump in some expensive car paid for by the Gambian public, and go chase >after little girls all over Banjul and Serrekunda. They don't give a damn >if >Yaya Jammeh tramples upon dead Gambians daily. If this isn't an outrage, I >don't know what is. > >As counter-intuitive as it may sound, I sometimes have this weird notion >that Yaya is as much a hostage of these people, as Gambians are of Yaya. >Why? Because Yaya's mental faculties are -to be quite blunt, somewhere >between that of an eight and a twelve year old. (If you doubt this, you >should find and watch the video where he's telling some Senegalese reporter >what he likes to do to a big sheep at 2am in the morning. You'll never be >more ashamed to be Gambian. Talk about a national humiliation!) So, some >of >the people around him who are a lot smarter than him, are using him to get >what they want. As long as he lets them do what they want as MPs (I'm >talking about extra-legislative activities,) then they'll keep egging him >on. > >I literally hated the PPP regime for what they were doing to our country, >but I didn't bargain for anything like Yaya. This guy makes the PPP look >like some princes in shining armor. Even if we kick this person out, we'll >remain the laughing stock of all sane countries for a long time to come - >thanks to him, and those propping him up. Trying to reason with him is like >salmon hitting its head against a dam. Only we are the salmon here... > >Saul. > > > >>Mr. Sallah, >> >>Please allow me to quote you: >> >>"The only legitimate way of being entrusted with power is to receive the >>mandate of an enlightened and free people. 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