Jabou, You are obsolutely right the problem of honest, dedicated and patriotic leaders is becoming a problem without solution. These same leaders get us in the debt Web, so therefore we do not expect much from them. This is an unfortunate situation one always fine her/himself given the type of leadership one is dealing with. The Struggle Continues!!! Ndey Jobarteh -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 02 October 1999 15:40 Subject: Re: Fw: Unchaining Slaves of National Deb >In a message dated 10/2/99 12:11:39 AM Central Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > ><< Jabou, > > This is a start since questions are raised as to the morality of the debt > owed by the third world countries. And whether the cancellation should have > any conditions attached to it or shall i say strings attached to it. I hope > this will be another way of > addressing the extreme poverty and mismagement in the Thirdworld and Africa > in particular. > > >> >************* >l agree ndey, but l am not very optimistic that the leaders in these >countries will actually direct these funds towards the effort to alleviate >poverty in their respective nations, much less show evidence of this.Poor >people will never see this money since in most cases, it has laready been >squandered on things that have no relevance to them at all, and these >same governments are at this very instance clamouring to borrow even more >money to spend on mostly themselves and their corrupt collaborators. > >Jabou Joh > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >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 unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------