Mawbeh,
Thanks for responding rather promptly. I still didn't get what you were trying to convey here. If anything, you have only validated all my points. Understand the substance of your write up? The text speaks for itself. You are absolutely right that you made it much easier for me
or any sound minded person to read and understand exactly what you meant. To your credit, I saved a fair amount of time in reading your piece and connected the dots. In paragraph two, you warned that we should "look at Dr. Janneh's decision at a broader perspective" Sound familiar? You bet. This has always been you argument in defense of Dr. Janneh. Is that not exactly what Dr. Saine's review provided? That is certainly what I and many have always done here. Oh, maybe the review did not meet your standard of "looking at the decision at broader perspective".
Are you saying unequivocally that joining AFPRC/APRC, and working for Yaya was the only bad decision Dr. Janneh made while in the cabinet. I suggest you go back and read the review. I am not obsessed with Dr. Janneh at all. He is the least of my problems. I respect him as a human being though. Yes, I ignored the
reference you made to Sir Dawda Jawara because, just as in the case of Dr. Saine, I did not see how the two are related, and frankly, I did not think it makes any sense to for me to spend a second of my time to walk you through that. I honestly do not know what you mean by Jawara standing by Yaya. Yes, Jawara was overthrown by Yaya and his gang of five, but as far as I know, Jawara has never sought, or worked for Yaya in any capcity. Maybe you should tell me more about that.
In paragraph four you stated; " Dr. Saine HIMSELF a brain behind the founding of STGDP and an incredible scholar of our times was called all kinds of names on this forum for daring to stand with his friends (OJs) in the NAAD debacle". Here, you tried to hide behind the good sentiments you said about Dr. Saine, but only to turn around and say that he "himself" (Dr. Saine, the author of the review) has made the same or similar mistake when he stood up for his friends in the NAAD debacle". You further alleged that the name calling was from my camp. Do you mean the UDP camp, or my friends club. Be specific. I will very much appreciate if you can provide this forum with the references you have on record, please. I am not going to address your ridiculous charge that "me and my camp paraded partisan sentiments against Dr.
Saine, not realizing that The Gambia was the bigger picture". My record stands out, when it comes to national interest.
Machugo Jola, a limited autonomy doesn't mean that you are totally free from my dominion. You and I have traveled this rout many times before. You used to go for my throat when I had disagreements with some of Halifa Sillah's views. Love lost? This time around, you availed yourself to discredit anyone who makes an objective critique of Dr. Janneh's decision to go to bed with Yaya. Demba, you and I have talked about this off line, and I told you that I hold all those who chose to work for Yaya to the same
standard. I have a beef with all of them. Crucify them? Certainly no. But we gonna call all of them on it.
I am not surprised at all that your interactions with Dr. Saine are memorable. That is who Dr. Saine is. He has affected and changed many lives for the better. I can spend a whole year on that alone. Finally, what you consistently failed to understand is that,
the only issue I and undoubtedly, most people in our struggle have with Dr. Janneh is, his conscious decision to join Yaya's regime. Not because he is Dr. Janneh. You have no idea how he ran his office, what advise(s) he gave Yaya in relation to media operation, misleading information to the general public, Deyda's hydara's assination and many more that only Dr. Janneh himself can answer. I bet you have no clue. You just chose to be his counsel, good luck with that.
Yaya.Jammeh is my new uncle? I am deeply disappointed that out of the entire Gambian citizenry, yaya is the best you could find for me. Thanks. But no thanks. I will keep Dick Cheney. We'll pick this up another time. Please don't forget to provide us with the "partisan sentiments.
I gotta go.
THE END.
Bests.
Pa. S. Kujabi.
Pa Saikou, Ah-nyab- Safu?
I wasn't going to respond to your "nice piece" to safe you the embarrassment of jumping onto my write up without either understanding the substance of it or simply responding with an emotional fixated made up mind on Dr. Janneh. Clearly you cannot look at this particular subject with an objective mind because of your obsession with the person involved.
I would recommend that you go back and read what I wrote and how I referenced Dr. Saine and Jawara in my write up. For the record I have personally interacted with Dr. Saine at various levels and there is no Gambian Scholar who I respect more and admire for not only his scholarly work but his down to earth humbleness. (Point one)
I only reference Dr. Saine to make a point that none of us can escape the petty criticism of pundits without looking at the issues from a broader or more objective view. Thus I indicated that despite all his Scholarly work and contribution as you recognized he was called all kinds of names on these forums during the NADD debate... which you were a huge part of parading partisan sentiments without recognizing that the stakes were higher than any party or individual. No where in my write up do I accused Dr. Saine of anything but only mentioned that people in fact in your camp were the ones calling him names (we can reference the records if you desire) Point two
Pa Saikou, I have much respect for you and I expect that you will look at any issue from both sides before making a conclusive decision that clearly shows narrow mindedness and lack of objectivity.. I have nothing to gain by being "dishonest on this issue" I simply made an observation that I think has merits and gave examples. Dr. Janneh's decision will remain controversial and I personally disagree with it as I mentioned several times...
My reference to Jawara and judging a man's legacy by a single incident got left out in your response because you cherry picked the issue you already made up your mind on. So I won't fault you for being self righteous and sloppy without objectivity...
Again, I am neither a defender nor an advocate for Dr. Janneh. The man is doing that himself and I must admit he is doing a God damn good job on focusing on what matters and engaging people who are willing to be objective.
Gambia's major problem at this time is not Dr. Janneh but your UNCLE Jammeh. Anything to get our eyes of that ball should not be given any attention period. I hope you open up your mind a little more....
Demba
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