HNosegbe:

It smacks of immaturity on your part if you cannot make your point without resorting to abuse and name-calling. What do u mean by "brain dead as usual"? What part of my post did you not understand? I made it quite clear that terrorist groups tend to work IN CONCERT, and striking at one of them is a good way to weaken the rest, BH inclusive. It makes sense to proactively intervene in Mali so as to, among other things, block the supply of arms, bombs and personnel down south.

For all the references to Liberia and Sierra Leone, they were foreign policy failures by past governments. It doesn't automatically mean that this government will fail as well.

And for the record, I am NOT a fan of Jonathan.

Kobojunkie:

What happens? You have about spent in the ballpark of $2 billion in the last 2 or so years on that. I think rather than spend more, we look to getting rid of the incapable leaders. At the same time, we need to keep fighting the battle to ensure those outside do not move even closer to our bothers while we are busy reshuffling leaders, etc.

jp philips:



a brain that does not process information constructively is dead in my books so please, forgive me if yours is dead as well.

where did you get the info on arms from Mali moving into Nigeria? or the border securities excuses for sleeping at their check points? i am glad you agreed that the mission and resources commited to the Liberian cause was a failure, what have we done differently this time around to avert such failure?
abi failure na our destiny?

now you understand why your brain is dead, no pun intended.

HNosegbe:

Again if you cannot make a simple point without resorting to abusive words, it only demonstrates your immaturity.

If you think the Nigerian government should fold its arms and allow terrorist insurgents take control of a country so close to our borders rather than pre-emptively moving to nip the threat in the bud, then you know nothing about proactive leadership. The country is better served with people like you continuing your meaningless rants on online forums.

End of.

jp philips:

please prove that you are not brain dead by using one simple fact to talk not some wish wash. you acknowledged the failure of the Liberia campaign and i ask?

what has jona done differently this time to avoid that failure?

HNosegbe:

Why do you keep comparing the Mali campaign with Liberia? Do you think the circumstances surrounding both wars are the same? The clear objective here is proactive action to forestall a terrorist insurgency from completely engulfing West Africa. It is completely different from the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which were primarily driven by greed for diamonds and other mineral resources.

Again, I support this move. Let's be proactive for once.

ikaleguy: GEJ! If indeed to want to fight d islamist extremist as a way of curbing the
BH menace in d north,a better option would have been to send
Weapons,finance to those fighting the extremist in mali.
This is what a reasonable govt will do!!infact it will be done secretly.then
It will focus on BH big time.