<<If their true intention is to protect suffering people around the world, why haven't they headed to other countries in Africa and other parts of the world where people are enduring situations far worse than the Iraqis? >> Mr. Gajigo, These 'bunch of rabid anti-Americans', as you characterise folks you hardly know, mostly comprise of Europeans and Americans, including ex- servicemen. Therefore, I cannot imagine them being anti-American. To further imply that they do not care about the suffering of African countries is faulty deduction at best. We are free to side with either the pro- or anti-war activists but we must do so without wrapping ourselves with either the American or Iraqi flag a t the expense of objectivity. Personally, I doubt the effectiveness of the strategy adopted by the protesters given the determined resolve of the Bush Administration to move against Iraq at all cost; at least that what it appears from my part of the world. Sidi Sanneh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~