Oli otya Mwami Mulindwa,
Long time since I last read from you. Let me see if I get you right. You postulate that joining hands with an adversary is unprincipled. From that you conclude that that is the bane of Africa, which has led to our failures. I hope you mean that for the individual as well as for the collective—tribe, religion, political affiliation, etc. Mwattu osoma eky'okuddamu ekyange: Is Endorsing/Embracing Adversaries Unprincipled? Odiyatalks --- On Wed, 10/22/08, Mitayo Potosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Mitayo Potosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ugnet] COLIN POWEL HAS DEMONSTRATED THE AFRICAN FAILURE To: "The First Virtual Network for friends of Uganda" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:28 AM Now you sound like Pat Buchanan !! On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Mulindwa Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: African friends General Colin Powel has on this day explained very candidly the failure of Africa. He has decided to go out of his way to demonstrate why after so very many years after independence we are still failing to build our continent. And when you look at all facts given at a table Africa fails because we do not have principles. Our failure to have principles has absolutely nothing to do with race gender education or economical stand, we are simply a bunch of creatures that do not know what to state today or tomorrow. Thus when you find a Mr. Tsivangirai today in London singing all bad things against Robert mutable don't join him for the day that very same Tsivangirai will be in pictures with Robert Mugabe, as Raila Odinga is with Mwai Kibaki as Kiiza besigye will be with Yoweri Museveni. What Colin Powel has one today has only two options {a} It has clearly sent out a very chilling message to every white voter in America that teh only weapon he or she has in defence of this racism is a vote, for this campaign and election has today been clearly defined by teh Obama campaign that it is a campaign about race. But {b} it has shown how the Obama campaign is not a serious campaign for if it was a serious campaign, Powell should hvae endorsed Obama two to three weeks ago to create a time for the campaign to defend the reactions of the population, today it si late they can not respond to those critcisms. When you look closely at a Wellesley street In the very many years I have followed the politics of North America, there is no single very high member in an administration that has decided to endorse a leader of an opposition party, until when it has reached point that the candidate is black. Collin Powell is the first to do such. And let me be very clear, Powell has a right to support any leader he wants, but if he decides to support a Democrat, Powell should have taken a stand a week or two and denounced being a Republican, then ad only then would have he decided to make this stand. Let me add too that Powell made this decision way back, for the Communication group knew about it 15 days ago but we refused to post it for we did not take Powell to be this stupid. We refused to take the alert seriously. And then you wonder. Why is Powell supporting Obama when shy have two different policies? Obama voted against teh Iraqi war yt Powell sold it to teh UN, is Powell going to stand to shake the hands of a campaigning candidate when he will not support the war? And what will happen to the families of the deceased soldiers in all the wars Powell supported and commanded? These are people that went to the war for they trusted him as a good commander and with principles. How will they feel that their leader is resigning? Last night I watched a program on Cisco Channel where we group of British were working in the wildlife of Kenya. And it was so interesting that all Africans had to do in that picture is to dance, those that were hired to go and help to arrest a Giraffe would do it but as soon as they had wrestled her down the camera went on and they saw us a British Doctor working with them and talking Luanda. Why can't we run the wild game but run the entire game? It is because we are not trusted. May God help us that Obama gets elected, which I do not belive, for if he fails to be elected, you will not want being an American in a blue van. EM Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Fokum To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' ; Illinois Cameroonians ; Africanvision Africanvison ; Mwananchi Mwananchi Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:17 AM Subject: [Mwananchi] Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer – 15 mins ago AP – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell leaves federal court in Washington, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, describing the Illinois senator as a "transformational figure." Powell says both Obama and Republican John McCain are qualified to be commander in chief. But, in an interview Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," he said Obama is better suited to handle the nation's economic problems as well as help improve it's standing in the world. Powell expressed disappointment in the negative tone of McCain's campaign, as well as in his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential nominee. Powell says he does not believe Palin is ready to take over as president, if necessary. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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