Seek help, Bruce

THE EDITOR, Sir:

IN THE early years of World War II when Britain stood alone against the mighty tyranny and over-powering forces of Germany's war machine, with the future looking bleak and gloomy, word reached the War Room that a battle had been won.

A gleeful adviser declared that this was "the beginning of the end". Prime Minister Winston Churchill, a man with a sense of history, sharply retorted that this was "the beginning of the beginning".

Prime Minister Golding appears to be embattled on all sides, but he has the opportunity like no other previous prime ministers, for greatness; it is only in deep adversity and crisis, that such moments arise.

Get to the task at hand

He must now drive all the forces needed to lift Jamaica to the higher levels he has so passionately spoken of. This requires intelligent planning, determination and relentless will to succeed in partnership with civil society. His first task must be to reduce criminality, wherever found, to tolerable levels.

The prime minister has the intelligence he can source inspiration from the unconquerable spirits of Nelson Mandela, Sir Winston Churchill and 'The Chief'. But there can be no greater motivation than his own ardent and intense love of Jamaica and his people.

I am, etc.,

Courtney Ilgner

Kingston 8