Who can brag the most? I don't know. Which country can brag the most? That must be the Gambia! In the ancient African land, there was such a "great power", claiming to sweep away the Soviet Union in three days, and 1,000 people to get China! Why 1,000 people, because the total number of troops in this country is really only 1,000 people! This strange country is the gambia, a cosmic power famous for its bragging rights.
The Gambia is really 'strong'
How strong is the Gambia, "strong" enough to be found on a map with a magnifying glass, and it is located in West Africa, only a pitiful ten thousand square kilometers. What is the concept? A little more than half of Beijing! The Gambia is surrounded on three sides by neighboring Senegal on three sides, and the two countries resemble a sandwich cake on the map, and the Gambia River runs through it.
The Gambia is really 'poor'
There is no resource, no decent industry and agriculture, the people are still living a primitive life of farming, fishing and hunting, the only specialty is peanuts, and even Senegal has little interest in this poor neighbor. Tourism is one of the few highlights of the Gambia, of course, the tourism industry here is not a scenic tour, but a robust black boy, the middle-aged mother of the European and American continents love this mouth the most, nothing likes to fly to the Gambia to play with the local young boys, and some even get married.
The current Gambia declared its independence from british colonial rule in 1965, the first president was called Jawara, although he was a veterinarian, he was a doctor of veterinary medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, and he was also the most educated person in the Gambia. The veterinary president single-handedly served as the Gambia's minister of defence, foreign affairs, interior minister, information minister, etc. This president Jia's greatest hobby is to handle traveling medical exhibitions for livestock across the country, and is keen on the development of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine.
In 1980, President Jia actually shouted at the United Nations General Assembly for some reason to Brezhnev, the leader of the world power at that time, to lead the Gambian army to sweep the entire territory of the Soviet Union within three days, "frightened" Brezhnev to turn away, at this time the total strength of the Gambian army, land, sea and air force was only more than 800 people, plus the police were not enough 2,000 people, this strength is really who hears it must be afraid, really have a gun in their hands, do not panic, talk is cattle. In 1994, because President Jawara could not afford the salaries of 2,000 military and police, the army mutinied under the leadership of Lieutenant Jammeh, and the people of the Gambia had long been fed up with jawara's outrageous rule, so Lieutenant Jawara's road to power was unusually smooth, and since then, the "cosmic power" Gambia has entered the Jamme era.
Who is President Jammeh?
Jammeh joined the Gambian army at the age of 19, probably influenced by Jawara, and was very confident in himself. After Jammeh became president of the Gambia, he threatened to sweep across the continent with an expeditionary force because he had not profited from trade talks with Europe. In 2002, the US sanctions on the Gambia led to Jammeh's dissatisfaction, and during his visit, he openly pointed at George W. Bush's nose and said that if the United States did not lift sanctions, he would lead the Gambian army to occupy the entire North American continent, "frightening" George W. Bush to make a grimace, and then ordered the downgrading of diplomatic relations with the Gambia. After Obama became president, Jammeh visited the United States and claimed to help the United States eliminate the Afghan Taliban and al-Qaida, making Oba President Ma confused.
Halfway out of the dark horse, block Jammeh's dream of president
One might wonder how such a "big-mouthed" president could have ruled the country for so long, and had no one come out to oppose it? In fact, no, every time there is a general election, the opposition is detained or expelled by Jammeh, the turning point occurred in 2016, during which Jammeh cut off the internal and external communications in the Gambia, refused foreign observers to enter the Gambia, just when Jammeh thought that he was seamless and the election results were not suspenseful, he killed a real estate businessman Barrow halfway. Barrow had no background in Gambian politics, and through his honest personality, he won the support of the Gambian opposition and successfully became a presidential candidate. At this time, the Gambian people had long been dissatisfied with Jammeh's outrageous rule, hoping that he would step down early, and finally Jammeh, who had been in power for many years, lost to the unknown little man Barrow. The undeterred Jammeh refused to acknowledge the results of the election and tried to control the election through the military until December 2016, when jammeh was forced to admit the election results and obediently leave The Gambia under military threat from other African countries.
Now that the Gambia has changed hands, I believe that under the leadership of the normal man Barrow, the Gambia will become better and better.