Brothers Barrow and Hamjatta, I was not surprised that you would auto-detect the hocus-pocus of jobe's attempts to tender praises for your observations on udp. You responses were fitting and profound. This is the spirit behind any commitment to a just cause which defines one's identity and principles; only then can one detect the true intentions behind all forms of empty gestures originating from other dominions of opposing orientations. These people continue to persist in the fatuous belief that they can use disguise chicanery to build links where these are impossible. In so doing they also persist in their failure to understand that through their conduct they have created an insularity inhabited only by themselves and their kindred. What i am saying is that these people and the people in the opposition live in different worlds; ours is one of justice, decency and the pursuit of the full potential of Gambians as a people; theirs is not only inimical to all those lofty ideals, but it epitomizes evil and degeneration. These two camps cannot therefore share pleasantries such as praises. As brother Hamjatta put it, the intention behind his and brother Barrow's observations cannot be the same as those of the jobes. The opposition is an open system that allows self-criticism; and when it finds itself in government that self-criticism and indeed criticisms external to it would be standard practice, a basic democratic principle that has been eroded under yaya jammeh's misrule. Hamjatta, thanks for your final observation on jobe's lame "justification" for not supporting udp. That posting from jobe further confirms the monumental self-delusion he is engaged in. If he thinks that his long empty narrative has made any sense to us on this forum, he would be making a big mistake. He is supporting a regime and a party (no difference!) that has brought and continues to bring chaos and havoc to our country, and yet he uses the "chaos" argument against supporting the udp. The leadership of udp (like those of the other opposition parties) is a cultured and educated lot totally incapable of unleashing brutality on their own people as jammeh and his people are doing. Drboe and jammeh cannot be compared, by any yardstick. Little wonder, therefore, did one see in jobe's narrative any substance about the quality of the men who today are said to be "running" the affairs of the Republic of the Gambia. AT _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------