Douglas, the only name I saw "pop up" in the last press release was Garang's.
Without hurling insults are trying to threaten anyone's well-being, I'm wondering if you can expand on the comment Garang made about "encircling" Juba. If memory serves me correct, we've been doing a lot of "encircling" lately. We also got just a few kilometers from taking a strategic dam, but I've not heard much since then.
If history serves as a guide, rebel rhetoric has been strongest prior to oil news being released. So I would suppose we could look at the news report (which to me sounds a bit like an infomercial) and say "Hey, maybe this time they really will take Juba", or we can expect some kind of good news from Arakis in the next few days.
However, let's play devil's advocate and assume the story is 100% correct. Here are some questions I would have:
1)Garang claims to have captured territory, towns and garrisons from gov't forces. Would it be possible to have examples?
2)Could Garang be a little more specific about the term "encircled"? Is this encircling any more ominous than the last encircling?
3)Is there any danger that all of this encircling will make the rebel troops dizzy?
4)Garang adds that military advances are irreversible because of support from the country's north. Could we possibly get further clarification on what this means?
5)Speaking of the Democratic Republic of Congo, I must have read about that every day in the New York Times and seen coverage on TV. Yet, surprisingly I have seen very little, if any, coverage on Sudan. Why do you think the media (except for a couple Reuters reporters) shun this story? It seems to me that if the "SPLA is at its best both politically and militarily", surely some TV news coverage would be warranted
Please, enlighten us. |
