Dear Editor,
I read with disbelief Guyana’s response to the situation in the Middle East. As one of the few survivors of the battle, yes it was a battle, for Independence, and Guyana’s solid support for the principles of non-alignment, a movement founded in 1961 at Belgrade, its main objective was for mankind to live in a world where national sovereignty was absolute, and states be pawns of neither East nor West.
The one-sided statement on the current situation in the Middle East by our Government points to an unhappy, and unnecessary expression that is at best myopic. Some of my friends fail to recognise that “big ones” have little respect for pusillanimous portrayals at the highest level of government. On the other hand, as youngsters we were told that nobody hears the first bell.
Our founding fathers Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham must, as they look down on our leadership, with tears be asking: Are these men or mice? Guyanese, irrespective of their political, social, or religious position, must remain optimistic and remember what Alexander Pope once said: “Hope springs eternal in the human breast”.