Geoge Okello alimba atuswaaza. He has said somewhere that Hon Omara Atubo was his mentor.
George has not reflected at all the wisdom he should have acquired from beloved Hon Omara-Atubo. Salvation is in our hands. Not in an American ruler. Hon Atubo is a giant in our country. We have a lot to learn from him. On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Herrn Edward Mulindwa <mulin...@look.ca>wrote: > It has taken Africans six years to know exactly what we knew then, and by > the way Obama at this point has nowhere to go but worse. Now watch and > learn > why we make decisions on these men before they come to power. > > And yes I told you. > > EM > On the 49th > > > Thé Mulindwas Communication Group > "With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" > Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi > "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ugandans-at-he...@googlegroups.com > [mailto:ugandans-at-he...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of George Okello > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:09 AM > To: ugandans-at-he...@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [UAH] OBAMA TUMBLES DOWN THE SYRIA'S SLIPPERY SLOPE > > Obama has made a huge mistake. I supported him as the first black african > american president of the USA, but I have now withdrawn my support. He is > no > different form George Bush. But even Bush did more for Africa, or Uganda > specifically than Obama has done in almost 6 years in power. Bush and > Clinton at least funded the health care programme that saved thousands of > lives of people affected by or living with HIV/AIDS. Admittedly, most of > this money was stolen by Museveni and his cronies like Kutesa, Muhwezi, > Mbabazi etc. But some lives were saved. But Obama has done absolutely > nothing for Africa in > 6 years in power. > > George Okello > > On 6/15/13, Herrn Edward Mulindwa <mulin...@look.ca> wrote: > > > > Obama Tumbles Down Syria's Slippery Slope > > <http://www.thenation.com/blog/174801/obama-tumbles-down-syrias-slippe > > ry-slo > > pe> > > > > > > Bob Dreyfuss <http://www.thenation.com/authors/bob-dreyfuss> on June > > 14, > > 2013 - 11:06 AM ET > > > > · > > > > Description: > > http://www.thenation.com/sites/default/files/user/248603/syria_fighter > > _rtr_i > > mg.jpg > > A member of a rebel group called the Martyr Al-Abbas throws a handmade > > weapon in Aleppo, June 11, 2013. (Reuters/Muzaffar Salman) > > > > Here’s the thing about a slippery slope: sometimes you maintain your > > footing and don’t go tumbling down, and sometimes you slip and slide > > right into disaster. With the apparent decision to arm the Syrian > > rebels, President Obama looks like he’s going to go kersplat! onto his > > face and land smack dab in the Syrian quagmire. > > > > It is, of course, a quagmire partly of his own making. Though he’s > > instinctively resisted getting directly involved in Syria, Obama’s > > first mistake was made in 2011, when he demanded that President Bashar > > al-Assad step down. Not only did Obama have no power to make that > > happen, but by demanding it he turned a relatively small-scale > > rebellion into a raging civil war pitting an amalgam of rebels, > > including large numbers of Sunni extremists and Al Qaeda types, against a > fully armed modern state army. > > Second, Obama compounded his mistake by helping Saudi Arabia and Qatar > > arm the rebels, despite the fact that much of that aid went to the > extremists. > > And then he ordered the CIA to get involved in training the rebels, > > secretly, in Jordan. Finally, his comments about a “red line” if and > > when Syria used chemical weapons gave ammunition to hawks, > > neoconservatives and the far right to demand that Obama go to war in > > Syria once evidence of a very limited, marginal use of some gases became > apparent. > > > > That’s the slippery slope that Obama created, and now he tumbling in. > > > > So yesterday the White House decided to send weapons to the rebels. > > Reading the White House’s statement on the matter, it’s clear that > > they’re not quite ready to go all in, but that’s the problem with a > > slippery slope: once you send in small arms and ammunition, next comes > > anti-tank weapons, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles > > and—oops!—before you know it, you’re bombing Syrian airports and > > imposing a no-fly zone. > > > > In its statement > > <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/13/statement-deput > > y-nati > > onal-security-advisor-strategic-communications-ben-> , backed by an > > on-the-record briefing > > <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/13/record-conferen > > ce-cal > > l-deputy-national-security-advisor-strategic-commun> , the White House > > says: > > > > The President has augmented the provision of non-lethal assistance to > > the civilian opposition, and also authorized the expansion of our > > assistance to the Supreme Military Council (SMC), and we will be > > consulting with Congress on these matters in the coming weeks. > > > > Saying “coming weeks” makes it sound as if adding the weapons isn’t > > all that urgent, but the message is clear: the United States will be > > arming the Supreme Military Council, and it will get worse. Added the > > White House, the United States will “increase the scope and scale of > > assistance that we provide to the opposition, including direct support > > to the SMC.” In case we missed the point, the White House added: > > “These efforts will increase going forward.” > > > > In fact, it may be too late for the United States to alter the course > > of the war > > <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/13/obama-s-syria-aid-to > > o-late .html> . The commander of the Syrian Military Council himself > > has flatly turned down Secretary of State John Kerry’s invitation to > > attend a peace conference, insisting instead that the rebels get > > advanced, high-tech weapons. In recent weeks the Syrian government has > > made important battlefield advances, and by all accounts the tide of > > war has turned sharply against the Saudi Arabia– and Qatar-backed > > fighters, the Al Qaeda forces and others. > > > > As in Vietnam, when the United States persisted in that hopeless war > > in part because it felt like to withdraw would damage American > > credibility, in Syria there is a real chance the President Obama will > > slide all the way down the slope to full-scale war simply because he > > won’t want to tolerate an Assad victory. Such a victory would be a big > > win for Assad, for Iran, for Hezbollah—and for Russia, too, which has > > bet on Assad’s ability to hang on. > > If that happens, it’s only because Obama naïvely bet that the Arab > > Spring movement that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia—and in > > Libya, with an American military push—would easily knock off Assad. > > > > James Harkin chronicles > > <http://www.thenation.com/article/174688/battle-aleppo> the battle > > for Aleppo from behind rebel lines. > > > > Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni and > > Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" > > Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri > > Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko" > > > > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3199/5911 - Release Date: 06/14/13 > > _______________________________________________ > Ugandanet mailing list > Ugandanet@kym.net > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet > > UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/ugandanet@kym.net/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- >
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