you write quote :"I would have preffered the emergence of China to rival with US and USSR other than the demise of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Block"
Katerega... many political observers and commentators have notice the easy with which you NRM people have played one supper power against the other...NRM have played the bubas and texas gerigos that have been running the US admin for many many years now.to tyhe advantage of the NRM..waiting until some of this supper powers find out that you have been playing them as second fidels..your CMI butt and the whole NRM/O will be lite...but then again continue playing the unsuspecting Muzungu... some of them derserved to be played!!! Matek Ahmed Kateregga Musaazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would have preffered the emergence of China to rival with US and USSR other than the demise of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Block. In the actual fact i had supported the 1991 coup that had deposed Gorbachev. I am not an admirer of Borris Yelstin for he seemed to have been a CIA agent. ----- Original Message ----- From: "oryema johnson" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:28 PM Subject: Re: Namibia and United States of Africa > > > > Mr. Ahmed, > > Ronald Reagan was revered by the American people > despite his misgivings in Granada and other places. He > is credited with the tearing down of the Berlin Wall > following his speeech at the Brandenberg Gate West > Berlin June 12, 1987. He said: "Secretary General > Gorbached, if you seek peace open this Gate". The rest > is history. So, I do not think he was a mad man when > he became President of the United States. Plus he > completed two terms! American presidents regularly get > checked medically and this includes mental and > physical conditions...Had he suffered from any mental > illness during his presidency, the world would have > known...You know Americans. How big mouthed they are! > They forced Clinton to confess over Monica on national > TV at super time when everyone was home watching! That > is democracy at play. > > The tearing down of the Berlin wall, was also the > beginning of deffusing the East-West tension. In > hindsight though, I think the tension between > East-West based on military power, call it balance of > power, sort of kept world peace. Fearing of nuclear > backlash kept war mongers at bay. Iraq for example > would not have happened had the Soviet Union been in > its former military position. > > This was obvious during the Suez Canal Crisis. When > western powers refused to fund the Aswan Dam on the > upper Nile River Nassar nationalized the Suez Canal in > July 1956. This surprised the world, especially the > British and French stakeholders who owned the Suez > canal. President Eisenhower of the United States > threatened to use force, but the Soviet Union a > nuclear power stood firm behind Egypy. > > Fearing a nuclear knock out between Russia and > America, the Canadian government came in and settled > the matter peacefully. Lester Pearson, the then > Canadian Prime Minister won a Nobel Peace Prize for > it. > > The balalnce of power between nations sometimes keeps > the peace. This can be compared to national opposition > political parties. If they are strong enough, they > keep most government interferences at bay. > > That is why it is also necessary for opposition > parties in Uganda for example to be very strong. That > way, they balance the power bewtween the government > and people. It would be hard for the government to > sneak around and do what it wants! > > OJ > > --- Eddie-Kool wrote: > > > Kateregga, > > Am I reading you correctly, a leader attacking > > Rwanda, Zaire, sounding war drums all the time could > > be mad? > > > > Just curious, > > > > Eddie-Kool > > > > Ahmed Kateregga Musaazi > > wrote: > > > > Thank you Mr.Oryema, i think the late Reagan wished > > such to Col.Qaddaffi but > > the former died of it. Am not sure whether Reagan > > was normal by the time he > > had the presidency. Attacking countries like Libya, > > Grenada and Panama among > > others, were not justifiable. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "oryema johnson" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:26 PM > > Subject: Re: Namibia and United States of Africa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ahmed, > > > > > > President Ronald Reagan died of Alzheimer, a brain > > > disorder named for German physician Alois > > Alzheimer > > > who first described it. > > > > > > Today more than 6 million Americans have the > > > diseases...It is a disease of forgetfullness > > severe > > > enough to even forget your own name....I do not > > know > > > whether that is what you mean when yo say "by the > > time > > > Reagan died, he was a mad man, but Gadafi is till > > > alive and kicking" > > > > > > OJ > > > > > > > > > --- Ahmed Kateregga Musaazi > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I remember President Ronald Reagan calling > > > > Col.Muammar El Qaddaffi a mad > > > > person. think by the time President Reagan died, > > he > > > > had almost run mad. But > > > > Qaddaffi is still live and kicking. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "oryema johnson" > > > > To: > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 2:18 AM > > > > Subject: Re: Namibia and United States of Africa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andrew, > > > > > > > > > > There is probably a reason why people are > > hesitant > > > > > about this United States of Africa thing. It > > is > > > > being > > > > > promoted by a mad man pretty much. Gadafi's > > > > behaviour > > > > > is quite strange. > > > > > > > > > > He drove from Tripoli to Accra in a convoy of > > 100 > > > > > vehicles and stayed in his usual tent in a > > > > military > > > > > stadium. > > > > > > > > > > His clash with Museveni was probably more out > > of > > > > > jelousy than anything else. Museveni would > > have > > > > loved > > > > > to drive in a convoy of 100 vehicles from > > Kampala > > > > to > > > > > Accra too! > > > > > > > > > > Gadafi would love to identify with the poor > > like > > > > Bob > > > > > Marley and yet he flashes wealth all the time. > > > > > > > > > > Bob Marley sang about the poor and social > > justice > > > > all > > > > > the time and yet he drove a BMW. But he had a > > > > clever > > > > > answer when he was asked about it. He said BMW > > > > stood > > > > > for Bob Marley and the Wailers...that was why > > he > > > > loved > > > > > that toy! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > > OJ > > > > > > > > > > --- Andrew Muwonge wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Guys, > > > > > > > > > > > > This appeared in our newspapers. Enjoy the > > > > ride! > > > > > > > > > > > > Kkojja W'abangi > > > > > > > > > > > > NEW ERA > > > > > > > > > > > > Why Fast Track USA? > > > > > > > > > > > > THE idea of a super African government for a > > > > > > United States of Africa, as contemplated by > > our > > > > > > continent's leaders at the just ended > > African > > > > Union > > > > > > Summit in Accra Ghana, does not wash at this > > > > stage. > > > > > > > > > > > > Our leaders have to understand that the > > > > mandate > > > > > > bestowed on them to .rule does not > > necessarily > > > > > > translate into a licence to engage in > > wholesale > > > > > > transformation, especially when such > > > > transformation > > > > > > appears suspect, mystical and ill thought. > > > > > > > > > > > > It is highly likely that many of the leaders > > > > who > > > > > > are trying to fast track the idea of a > > federal > > > > > > continental government have no clue about > > how > > > > such > > > > > > government would function (no word about its > > > > shape > > > > > > and form) let alone the implications except > > to > > > > try > > > > > > and imitate situations elsewhere- > > > > > > > > > > > > What they forget is that Africa is not > > Europe > > > > or > > > > > > America. What works in Europe or America may > > not > > > > > > necessarily work here or may work > > differently. " > > > > > > > > > > > > Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana > > > > and > > > > > > pioneer of an African continental > > government, > > > > had an > > > > > > idea (however less refined) about how a > > > > continental > > > > > > government would work, being the great > > thinker > > > > that > > > > > > he was. Somewhat he conceptualized and > > defined > > > > the > > > > > > modus operand! of the African government, > > > > Nkrumah > > > > > > wrote books and other literature about his > > > > thoughts > > > > > > and this initiated a debate around this > > issue > > > > and > > > > > > other contemporary issues. > > > > > > > > > > > > When Nkrumah espoused the idea of a > > > > > > continen-tal government, the rallying point > > was > > > > > > freedom and independence. 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