In a message dated 9/8/00 12:51:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Kofi has nothing to lose. The United States can threaten all they want, but we all understand their reliance on this organization to avoid becoming a pariah nation. All of Africa and probablty certain member of the security council would respect him more if he became more vocal about the plight of the continent and used his position to at least attempt to influence change. If he gets voted out of office while trying to do this, at least he tried to make a differnce. This, in my opinion, is much better than serving 20 years in that position as a scared and lame lackey of the West not respected by his colleagues or his very own people. >> ***************************** Yus, This is precisely my point. Thanks for expresing it so well. Jabou Joh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------