Myths and Misconceptions about Rebecca Nyandeng and the War in South Sudan
By Andrew Thanypiny
In case of Nyandeng, I don’t know how did it come to these two concepts: having Nyandeng appeared in your post/writing, then you are against the government (rebel), or you have planned an internal attack within the Greater Bor Community (GBC). Why do we have something has no sense got its place?
Thus, those who may not even join Riek may have different perspectives of seeing Nyandeng’s stance against the government, and that should not be construed as is bringing them close to Riek’s camp or deliberately hurting the status qua of the GBC .
Dissidents are not the government rebels, but are seeing the government operations in different views, and it is not a token of the rebellion. Any one who is defending Nyandeng case, according to my view, is neither a rebel nor s/he is against the union of the GBC.
We have to be realistic in matters involving life and death decision, all assumptions have taken lives of the innocent people as we are still seeing the perpetuating of this ugly war.
The cause of this war was an assumption of something which has never been materialized in a clear sense, preempted and it is ever the mistake which has never been done as we are still seeing death toll, which has been taking different fashion on daily basis.
Are we warring on which front? In fact, It has to be said clear so that anyone should not be a standby of his/her enemy. Are we fighting this war within our community for different motive or is that of the name? I don’t know actually where am I at!
Here is the thing brothers and sisters: this war will be rested soon, the government will be changed very soon, in five/ten years, it doesn’t matter how long it will take, provide that it will be overtaken by other different people.
Thus we will come back again as one people, the GBC, or whichever name will be best for us. The politics in South Sudan will remain blended in our life, and we will need one another just tomorrow.
I know our people say that because of this, while they are looking for that. They don’t say a real thing they are looking, and it is hard to be inferred by our leaders.
When the name is fixed, then something which will never be fixed will come up, fair sharing with selfishness will never be fixed, and that’s a source of a problem, and they don’t want to talk about it.
To me, this is a line I am standing on, I see our differing on this lens. And, even though a problem of the name will be fixed, I will still be skeptical of the fair-sharing!
Nyandeng is not a problem, but our community’s problem has been imported into the South Sudanese politics affairs, which will not solve our problem in good faith.
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