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Who does not know the greatest dilemma for any SWAT-team in eliminating a threat ?
Even with the best ‘sharp-shooters' ? Of course who does not know that ?
It are potentially innocent bystanders or technically speaking, undesired ‘collateral damage'.
Therefore, the best defense of any professional criminal is..., yes you guessed it right...
Make sure to take a few valuable hostages during the operation.
That will give the best possible ‘protective shield' for every criminal act.
Now the DP had the opportunity to take ‘hostages' as well while forming the new Government and in the process protect itself from the ‘Higher SWAT Supervision Team'.
However, the DP ignored that well tested and successful tactic.
All they had to do, was to allow either a few of their members to become ‘bedfellows' with the National Alliance, or vice versa, or even form a coalition with the national Alliance, until the ‘SWAT-threat' was over.
Alas, greed, un-satiable lust for power of their ‘Advisor-in-Chief', well versed in the principles and teachings of ‘Machiavelli', the ‘Godfather', ‘sprinkled' with some ‘Voodoo-seasoning', enticed the DP in not looking further than the length of its already ‘flat-nose'. ...
Granted, the DP won the ‘6 - days heroic battle', but what about the ‘war' ?
How long will this old, patched-up, renovated DP-Government, consisting of ‘mini-DP Fiefdoms' last you ask ?
My answer is simple.
Only God knows.
But this is my advice...
I would not accept this ‘House that Mr. Obeah built' as collateral of any substantial, if any value at all.
For its days are numbered......
Meanwhile, with such a ‘360 degrees target', the ‘Higher SWAT Supervision Team' led by ‘Hero BRINKMAN' does not even have to ‘aim', simply because it can not miss, even if it wanted and tried as hard as possible.....
Every ‘shot fired' will cause, yes again you guessed it right.... A ‘DP-casualty', with no other ‘collateral damage'
Our local , ‘Gated Harbor View Community' could become overpopulated and many ‘off-shore accounts', once considered a safe ‘lay-away' guarantee-plan, could well be confiscated using the services of international forensic accountants and investigators.
And so, eventually the house will be ‘purged', swept clean and who knows the NA will be having the ‘last laugh'.
A dream that will ‘never' happen you say ?
Maybe so, but still suppose, just suppose it turns out to be a ‘nightmare come true' ?
In the meantime, between time, do not stop the intrigue, the politicking, the carnival, just but let justice take its course.

Leopold JAMES.
President SNBF & Association L' Esprit de Concordia

2 Comments

Yours Truthfully November 18, 2008 200.7.57.6 Votes: +0	Why wait for the Dutch Batallions to come and march in, my dear Leopold? Let's do our own dirty work and clean our own mess. There are enough guns on SXM as the robbers here do not have a problem to wield them quite frequently lately and it will be hard to hit an innocent bystander once firing at anybody in the 'Government' Administration Building. Please, Leopold, start organizing the grassroot revolution before the Dutch come and do only half a job (they are not as efficient as they and most of us think they are). Don't forget to start the revolutionary process on either side of the border monument, because the political establishment is just as rotten on the other side. The Gendarmes will be grateful to get some assistance from a group not obliged to stick to the law. After all, once the state of emergency has become applicable you can shoot first and then ask questions. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain report abuse vote down vote up
Leopold JAMES November 19, 2008 190.102.13.205 Votes: +0	Dear 'Yours Truthfully' With all due respect to you and to my own principles, I believe that until people identity themselves by their true identity, genuine communication is not possible and we risk going down a very 'slippery slope' as a society. It is my experience that many people have great ideas, but by being afraid to respect their own positive impact on society, in fact deny themselves that credit and allow others, who might not have similar great ideas, but do have the courage, to 'rule the world'. I have always belived in 'standing up, speaking up for what you belive in, respect 'self' and be counted, or entirely 'hold your breath'. Have a great day, Leopold JAMES report abuse vote down vote up