In the grace of God Yahya Jammeh and his gang of thugs would be out of government in a little over a year. We as nation would get there through one of two unsavory ways. First Yahya may reluctantly pertake in elections he would do his darnest to undermine and render dangerously volatile by resorting to selective murders, intimidation and spread a palpable sense of chaos in a bid to bludgeon the population into defeat and dejection. Even with such a degree of evil underhandedness he would be soundly defeated because the overwhelming majority would not vote for him even if he ran for dogcatcher. Alternatively he may simply refuse to allow elections knowing the predictable outcome of such a move would be a massive and sustained resistance from the people. He would then use the ensuing defiance as a pretext to lay siege on the country and it's people. They people would then have to either cower down and accept indefinite subjugation or make a final thrust to rid themselves of criminals and murderers. Yahya Jammeh would ultimately loose that one too albeit at a tremendous cost to us a nation. Any alternative Gambians find themselves with would be tinged with consequences we don't favor but both causation and responsibility for whatever may ensue as we strive to make change we are legitimately entitled to lies squarely with Yahya Jammeh and his gang. Having watched the President's much reported meeting of July 22 with his brigade of thugs I am almost certain that this government has concluded plans geared towards formenting violence and destroying the country. For over 90 minutes one haggard-looking loser after another stood up and gratuitously engaged in a fingerwagging diatribe against the Gambian people. With tacit encouragement, occasional interruptions and chuckles Yahya Jammeh did his best to buttress the threats of murder and destruction of the civil service and other insidious suggestions coming from these socalled youth leaders. Each of them went on a harangue about how their very existence was tied squarely on the fortunes of the Jammeh government and realizing that it was a sinking ship they wanted their captain to intensify his Gestapo tactics to sustain them. As a result we should not expect any let up in the lawlessness. What they got was carte-blanche from their President to forment violence. The Gambian people to whom their wrath would be directed must resolve to vigorously defend themselves because any alternative they choose men are going to die and it better not be them again. A population that can't count on equal protection under the law have an obligation to take every measure at their disposal to stay alive if they are to avoid being a statistic of state sanctioned thugs. Karamba ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface ----------------------------------------------------------------------------