{"id":274765,"date":"2011-01-24T08:02:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T08:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=49200"},"modified":"2011-01-24T08:02:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T08:02:34","slug":"tony-aidoo-critics-of-mills-position-on-cote-divoire-are-warmongers-uneducated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/24\/tony-aidoo-critics-of-mills-position-on-cote-divoire-are-warmongers-uneducated\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Aidoo: Critics Of Mills\u2019 Position On Cote D\u2019ivoire Are Warmongers &amp; Uneducated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_34104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34104\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-34104\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/10\/13\/tony-aidoo-kufuor-only-wanted-monumental-legacies\/tony_aidoo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34104\" title=\"tony_aidoo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/tony_aidoo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Aidoo<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHead of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Unit at the Presidency, Dr. Tony Aidoo has severely censured critics of President Mills\u2019 position on the use of military intervention as a last resort to quell the Ivorian crisis saying they have no knowledge of the dynamics of international politics and are strategically uninformed people.<br \/>\nHe wondered if these \u2018detractors\u2019 of President Mills wanted him to fold his arms and wait till the situation in Ivory Coast gets to the brink of a war before he stated his stance.<br \/>\n\u201c\u2026Prez Mills in his wisdom says \u2018let\u2019s\u2026work hard at the diplomatic solution. And I\u2019m not going to sit down and wait for the situation to degenerate to the point of brinkmanship then I\u2019ll come out and say where I stand. I\u2019ll say where I stand as part of the strategic attempt to solve the problem,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nThe former Deputy Defence Minister in the erstwhile Rawlings administration claimed that the NPP, from the very onset of the Ivorian crisis, thought they had an opportunity to malign President Mills and the NDC. He further alleged that when the NPP realized they had failed in their ideological fault-finding mission, they started hitting on every word and action by President Mills.<br \/>\n\u201cAt the very unset of the Ivorian crises, the NPP thought they had an opportunity to vilify President Mills and the NDC towards the ultimate purpose of discrediting the administration. The NPP\u2019s first attempt to tarnish the image of President Mills was the call on him to go and talk to Gbagbo because he shares the same ideological affinity with him,\u201d he emphasized.<br \/>\nContributing to a panel discussion on\u00a0<strong>Radio Gold\u2019s Alhaji and Alhaji<\/strong> programme, Tony Aidoo said President Mills\u2019 position, which is the position of Ghana, is to do everything to stop the political situation in Ivory Coast from degenerating to the point where military intervention will be inevitable. To him, President Mills has not broken ranks with ECOWAS but has rather been candid with Ghanaians.<br \/>\n\u201cAnybody who argues with Professor Mills\u2019 position has no knowledge of the dynamics of international politics and is strategically uninformed person. It is not breaking rank it is for closing the situation from where brinkmanship will then dictate military action inevitable, and President Mills has been candid enough to say this,\u201d he stated.<br \/>\nAccording to him, President Mills\u2019 seeming break of rank is strategic to prevent the situation from degenerating to the point where military intervention will be required, adding that opposers of Professor Mills\u2019 stance are rather warmongers.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you stand against Professor Mills on this, then you are a war monger because if you worry, you will adopt rational appreciation of the point that Mills is making,\u201d he emphasized.<br \/>\nDr. Tony Aidoo also sought to explain that the Ivorian situation is quite complex and a \u2018short, sharp shock\u2019 attitude; being promulgated by some people including the NPP, is not the best solution.<br \/>\n\u201c\u2026in international politics, you look at the reality; real politic on the ground\u2026because the real politic contains the factors and forces that will determine your cause of action. I\u2019ve heard Kwesi Pratt talk and he\u2019s given insight into the real politic in the Ivorian situation\u2026This is not a situation where you can adopt an attitude of \u2018sharp, short, shock\u2019 (Short, sharp shock)\u2026You go in quick \u201ckpakpakpa\u201d and Gbagbo is gone and you\u2019ve restored democracy. Short, sharp shock does not work. It hasn\u2019t worked anywhere. It never worked for America (USA) in Korea. It never worked for America in Vietnam,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Unit at the Presidency, Dr. Tony Aidoo has severely censured critics of President Mills\u2019 position on the use of military intervention as a last resort to quell the Ivorian crisis saying they have no knowledge of the dynamics of international politics and are strategically uninformed people. 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