When are you going to stop plagiarizing? Thief! Chi Haaye Joe Sambou >From: Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Ponzi Schemings: Casamance etc etc >Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:34:19 -0500 > >Mr. Ngorr (or is it Hamjatta), > >Your "Ponzi theory" seems to elude me. As far as I can see, there is >absolutely no scheming here. Wade and Jammeh are all very well >informed of the issues at hand, and they are also very well aware of >what is at stake: sub-regional peace and stability. It is common >knowledge in international politics that a balance of power ( in the >SeneGambian context-soft power...the ability to influence >behaviour/political dialogues) is a fundamental factor to secure >peace/stability. Nations in most situations have two options- either >go to war and secure overhelming hegemonic power or go to the >negotiating table. >The balancing act through dialogue involves both sides presenting their >mutually anti-thetical national interests, and during the dialectical >process a synthesis that will sublate all other factional interests is >reached. Only then do nations go into pacts amongst themselves with >absolute confidence. > >Finally, Ngorr( the guru from Oxford, hehe) nations have only permanent >interests and this axiom has been tested since the Peloponnesian War to >contemporary world affairs. A nation's foreign policy is never >subsumed to some fantastic moral/ethical crusade (a sure road to >disaster and calamity). Peace/stability can only be achieved through a >calculus of national interests and not through some "Ponzi Schemings" > >Waiting to hear from you soon. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~