Gambia & Senegal Border Tension | The Need For An Independent Casamance | Mai Fatty!!
In the next 100-200 years, when everyone reading this is post is dead or probably the longest living human-being. Our progeny would wish we had done one thing, that we supported the Independence of Casamance.
Wait! Did I hear that right, Gambia sending the military to the Casamance border???
I recognize the significant contribution Senegal has rendered to our country during the difficult Jammeh era but that does not take away the fact that the current border is unfair to The Gambian. After all, we never had a say when that stupid border was demarcated and it left us at a big disadvantage. To paraphrase Donald Trump’s “we need to renegotiate the border.” I can defend my argument on the lens of the Casamance people because they have been treated very unfairly by the North but that is provocative, it’s an internal political issue for Senegal so let them deal with it.
Today our relationship with Senegal is wonderful but this relationship cannot be guaranteed forever and that is why we must tread the Casamance issue carefully. Now I know we’re shortsighted, we think about only the "here and now" but this is a delicate issue and must be treated as such.
The reports that The Gambia is sending our ill-prepared military to the Casamance border is unwise and foolish, the same military that sat in their barracks while Jammeh was brutalizing us like they’re not paid to do one simple fucking job. Why involve yourself in other’s problems when your house is not in-order.
This is particularly unnerving because you have folks like Mai Fatty who have the president’s ears, the same guy who within the past two months has committed more errors than the entire executive branch combined. The only other person close is that teeny-weeny lawyer with the red lips. I hate bullies!
I do not trust Mai Fatty near any important decision in that Government, he is way too Hyper and an Attention-Whore. Two qualities that are recipe for disaster. I am pleased that we have mature folks like Baa Tambadou (Justice Minister) to keep a watch on that moron. Btw… somebody please tell him his sense of fashion sucks, he dress like a Baye-faal lost in Lagos.
Okay, maybe I should NOT be writing today, I am way too annoyed but I got to finish this shit. Whatever!
Back to the border. If we can deal with the unfair size of our country we shouldn’t continue to accept the way we’re surrounded by Senegal. This leaves us at their mercy, a disagreement of any sort can results in extreme hardship if Senegal wishes to exercise their advantage.
An independent Casamance will increase our influence in the region and make international trade easier. That way we also have an equal negotiating power with both Senegal and Casamance. Sometimes it’s good to think long term, while you might dislike the rebellion on the Casamance side, Gambia remains to benefit more in an Independent, successful Casamance.
Remember causing trouble in Casamance because you want to impress Senegal is not wise, it’s dumb to say it boldly. I hope someone put breaks on that Maimuna Fatty (Mai Fatty). A wise man once said “Don’t let a temporary moment of pleasure lure you into a decision that could leave you with a lifetime of pain and regret. Think before you act”.
"An independent Casamance will increase our influence in the region and make international trade easier" You are advocating for more partition of Africa on ethnic grounds as an argument for easier trade? Next is 'Sine' and part of 'north bank' be independence so you got more more trade. Are you confusing trade and ethnic war profiteering. Talking of foresight, u think independence casamance is magic touch or u have no foresight to know it means war, refugees, ethnic clashes, criminality, destruction, stagnation etc. That is yo wish for Senegal and Gambia? I bet on Mai Fatty than your trade strategy :)
ReplyDeleteI see the point of your argument. My idea of an Independent Casamance is not based on Ethnic grounds per se but rather a geolocation issue. If things remain the way they are, Casamance will remain under the shadows of their north neighbors, that's not fair on them.
ReplyDeleteAnother idea I failed to mention in my post is either we all become one country (Senegambia) or we break it into three. That's my position.
By the way, Independent Casamance does not necessarily mean there will be war. Senegal can control and monitor the process to make sure there is a peaceful and successful separation :)
we all become one country (Senegambia) - better to be united than divided...
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea. I prefer that to the current situation. Anyway, thank you!
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