Mr. Sidibeh, My apology if my last posting baffles you in any way; atleast that was never my intention. However, reading through your rejoinder I realized that we are somehow expressing almost the same sentiments yet with different categories. I am in no way advocating for war nor inciting belligerence in any fashion. Yet Mr. Sidibeh I want you to notice that "good neighbourliness" whatever that means also requires very solid good "fences". That freak Yalla or whoesever for that matter should never threaten a sovereign state- and this is my central theme of my advice to Jammeh. An unsecure state can never be able to feed itself much more talk about peace. Weakness is sexy and quite inviting to aggression, the last thing any patriotic Gambian wants in his or her neighborhood. Naturally there is nothing wrong with exploiting the "diplomatic channel" as you call it, yet a sound diplomatic effort should always be complimented with a strong military preponderance. Otherwise all the "diplomatic talks" shall be effete and hopeless. You know like I said in another forum, I was at a seminar this last weekend in Washington and I witness the Senegalese Ambassador making some subliminal overtures to acquire more arms for the Senegalese military- my brother, does this sound like "good neighbourless"? Statecraft is a serious business, and it doesn't rhyme well with wishfull thinking. Our patriotic commitment requires that we defend our Motherland against all enemies foreign and domestic be it Samba or Kumba Yalla. It takes a strong military to get this job done. Ebou ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~