"These guys are truly dickheads?? Who in their right minds would fly Fighter Jets over a congested city like Banjul and the suburbs when there is NO reason for it, except to terrify an innocent populace?" Dave, Yes, only dickheads will do such kind a thing. I just can't fathom why on earth the need for a jet fighter in The Gambia. But with the morons at the helm anything is game. regards, Mboge >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: The Jet Fighter Pierces The Airspace Again >Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 19:21:00 +0100 > >These guys are truly dickheads?? >Who in their right minds would fly Fighter Jets over a congested city like >Banjul >and the suburbs when there is NO reason for it, except to terrify an >innocent populace? > >Mr Mboge you live in London and HMS RAF Norholt is in the outskirts >of the city, but have you ever seen a Jet Fighter frightening the living >day >light >of out of Londoners? Nope, am sure you haven't, for not only is it >dangerous >and fool >hardy, but is totally unnecessary. I live in Southampton and we have HMS >RAF >Daedulus/Cranwell, >but apart from the "spitfire" air shows (and that is done over the waters >too) during armistice day >celebrations one could be forgiven for thinking that there are no RAF >Stations in the Southampton >environs. > >Without knowing the service history of the particular fighter jet/s won't >you think >a responsible govt/military would rather be flying this gargantuan of a >museum piece >over the Atlantic ocean? But hey I really think that sometimes we expect >too >much of the >nutters. > >Please, dickheads spend the money needed for fuelling and servicing this >museum piece on >more urgent and overdue services like hospitals, so that someone else's >little brother >will not have to go through the pain mine did. > >I hope you get out of your slumbers soon, for both your own good and the >good of our "tired" >peole. > >Regards >Manneh > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of momodou olly-mboge >Sent: 20 May 2002 16:20 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: FWD: The Jet Fighter Pierces The Airspace Again > > >THE POINT NEWSPAPER > > >Monday, May 20, 2002 > > > >The Jet Fighter Pierces The Airspace Again > >Yesterday, many people had shivers running down their spine when Jammeh’s >Jet fighter pierced the greater Banjul’s airspace. Some people opined that >some form of announcement about the matter should have been made before >hand >to get the public prepared for the show. Some wondered why the Jet made its >second appearance at this point in time. Others advanced that it needed to >be ‘tried’ from time to time to ‘heat’ its engines. Some also claimed that >it came out because of the current upheaval in Casamance, speculating that >it flew in that direction. Sierra Leoneans were said to have said: “Na so >Salone been day”. > >Overall, the ‘show’ was not very much appreciated as it frightened many >people (and animals as dogs were reported to have ran for shelter) with >some >of them dashing for safety or to take cover. We feel that the Jet should >not >have been flown following all that the President said about militarism >through his rendition of the young girl’s message at the UN as well as his >own statements. It would be recalled that the Banjul young girl said among >other things: “…we do not need weapons.” The President himself said in New >York: “I would finally like to urge all of us to help our children use >their >energies in constructive and positive ways because the misdirection of >their >energies resulting from neglect, poor health, lack of access to education, >abuse, exploitation, militarism and crime can only deepen social >instability >and crises.” > >Now, the question one may ask is whether the government as a unit deals and >works out issues as an entity or in a ‘piloting on sight’ manner? A policy >statement is made by a Head of State in the confines of the UN General >Assembly in the presence of Delegates from more than 180 countries and the >next minute an action that runs counter to this profession of faith is >carried out in contradiction of the stated commitment. What are we >suffering >from? Do we have people alive to their roles? What about good advisers, do >we have them? People who make sure that policies and directives are adhered >to more so when commitments are made in public and/or international fora. > >The other thing about the Jet is that it is costly to maintain and we still >need money for the education, health of our people. World Bank officials >have also decried its prohibitive maintenance envelope during a meeting >with >the media. Farmers are more and more facing hardship with the poor >groundnut >purchasing methods. Maybe the Jet should be sold and its proceeds used for >other development-oriented pursuits as the President himself hinted in New >York. - Or was that just one of diplomacy’s major rule, as we know it? > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.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 >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~