Open Letter to Prime Minister Oduber

As the clock ticks down on the Natalee Holloway investigation, the clock tics down on you Sir- Mr. Oduber.

Tic Toc Tic Toc.

As you and your government count the hours until Aruba is free from the so-called Natalee Holloway investigation, America is counting also. In fact, it is not the American citizenry that is counting, but the US Federal Government. The same Government you recently tried to buy a favorable rating from through Jack Abramoff.





Mr. Oduber, you are right to be concerned. You should be very concerned. The US Federal Government is building a huge case against you and your corrupt Government. The name Manuel Noriega I'm sure just hit your small mind like another fake bust in the Free Trade Zone.



And it should. You have a lot of problems and they go way beyond the Natalee Holloway case. You know it and I know it. In fact, Former President Bill Clinton knows it and has told all he knows and has made no secret as to what exactly he knows. You have no friends in America any longer.

Years of looking the other way while America is trying to rid it's streets of Cocaine, Crack and the violence it brings are over. Someone is always held responsible. It's your turn.

I would tell you to pick up the phone an make a call, but that is not necessary, as you have written warning. A common courtesy that the Justice Department provides most under investigation.

I know during that Clinton Era you were able to convince many that you were a valuable ally. You were quite convincing. Those days are over Sir and you have no clout left.

America may seem preoccupied with a war in Iraq and an up-coming strike on Iran, but America always has time to make sure it's own hemisphere is healthy. You have created an imbalance that is not healthy for America. Threatening to unleash 'your militia' on your own people is not a good start.

You see Sir, you created your own dilemma. You could have laid low and under the radar, but you decided to flex a muscle made out of rubber. You could have ordered the case of Natalee Holloway solved and cast the light somewhere else. You choose to enter the lime-light, and you will pay. No one ever heard of you before Natalee Holloway, and maybe that was the problem. You seem to be a man that has become so full of himself that your $68,000.oo a month salary on the backs of the common Arubans has some how inflated your ego to a point of no return.

Everything was going well after 9-11 and visitors were finally returning to Aruba and putting aside the fear of flying and getting stripped searched to visit your island, when you decided to roll the dice. You thought that you could have it all. Coke shipments and tourism. Well, no country can have it all, as you will soon find out. Guns and Butter.

Mr. Oduber, Aruba was never more than a place to get away. It was never a major player other than a strategic point for the war on the drugs with the Colombians. When you decided to become an ally of the very forces that propped you up, you sealed your fate. Just as Noriega did.
When you decided that the FARC and Chavez were potential allies, you alienated all you had.

America just took one Dictator down. What makes you think that you have a more valuable relationship than one that was a strategic point for the Middle East?

Mr. Oduber, Manuel Noriega will be vacating his cell in June after 18 years, just in time for a new resident.

Cards are played everyday, you must live with your hand.