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Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by birdman(m): 7:14am On Oct 18, 2012 |
The truth comes out. Again. And its pretty damning. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by ektbear: 8:05am On Oct 18, 2012 |
This thread needs to make the front page. 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Osiris211: 8:30am On Oct 18, 2012 |
This is all about biafra. GREED! God bless CHIEF. OBAFEMI AWOLOWO 2 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by birdman(m): 8:33am On Oct 18, 2012 |
I'd be surprised if it did. It doesn't lend itself to the usual attacks. This was an impartial observer with no skin in the game, that actually changed his mind based on facts on the ground. I am amazed at how much money was being spent on propaganda though - $400K letter of credit, and this is one guy. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 9:01am On Oct 18, 2012 |
God continue to bless the memory of Chief Obafemi AwolowO,GCFR,amen!!! Shame Ashebe 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 11:20am On Oct 18, 2012 |
Ojukwu is not here to answer why he preferred the air corridor than the land corridor. Mr. Goldstein it would appear, did not do justice as to why it must be through land and not air. Besides, Awo used his own mouth to accept that there was a policy of starvation as an act of war. Yet, as far as I am concerned, this issue is neither about Ojukwu nor Awo nor Achebe! It has to do with the mis-amalgamation in the first place. Genocide was going on before the declaration of Biafra, if Ojukwu was starving the Bifrans to "win" the war, perhaps, he also masterminded the genocide to "start" the war? I don't know if Mr. Goldstein can provide me with the answer. Finally, that was then and this is where we are today, I am very convinced that Nigeria was a mistake, let our generation correct it. 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 12:31pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
And here is another counter to the above: WHO IS THIS Robert S. Goldstein? In a Memorandum From the Country Director for West Africa (Melbourne) to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Palmer), Washington, April 18, 1969, The memorandum outlined the lobbying activities in Washington of Biafrans Dr. Pius Okigbo, Dr. Eni Njoku, and Dr. Kenneth Dike. - Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Special Coordinator on Relief to Civilian Victims of the Nigerian Civil War, February 1969 - June 1970, Box 514, Lot 70 D 336, Political. Limited Official Use. NO MENTION WAS MADE OF ANY Robert S. Goldstein? http://www.elombah.com/index.php/articles-mainmenu/12958-us-documents-support-achebe-gowon-blocked-food-supplies-to-biafra-shot-down-red-cross-relief-aircrafts-sabotaged-biafran-farmlands Read the details from the link or see the thread: https://www.nairaland.com/1077610/us-documents-support-achebe-gowon#12596729 |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Katsumoto: 1:23pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
noblezone: And here is another counter to the above: Is Robert S. Goldstein a Biafran? Try to comprehend your own article. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Katsumoto: 1:40pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
noblezone: Ojukwu is not here to answer why he preferred the air corridor than the land corridor. Biafrans were starving but Ojukwu and his senior officers weren't starving. What grounds did Ojukwu have for rejecting food? That the food may be poisoned as he stated? Didn't starving people eventually die because food didn't reach them? There were observers, aid agencies, and journalists on ground in Biafra. How would Biafrans have been poisoned without the whole world knowing it? If Gowon was bent on exterminating Ndigbo, he would not have allowed all those foreign groups into Biafra. Ojukwu couldn't feed his people and had no power to determine how food was transported to Biafra. What should have been paramount to him was that, he was losing the war and children around him were dying daily. The last bolded comment is completely moronic. They are mutually exclusive events. Pogroms committed by Northerners do not in any way remove from Ojukwu's failings. It's like saying that because a stranger slapped your sister, your father can not also slap your sister. The stranger and the father are both responsible for their individual actions. The occurrence of an evil act does not forestall the occurrence of another evil act by another totally different party. How would starving the children have enabled Ojukwu to win the war? The war Ojukwu knew he could win was the propaganda war. Pictures of starving children brought aid agencies. Ojukwu charged these aid agencies fees for FREE food. Ojukwu paid $400k to a US PR company. 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 1:43pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Katsumoto: It is not my own article. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Katsumoto: 1:48pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
noblezone: Don't try to be clever. You posted the article. My point was that you didn't UNDERSTAND what you posted. The article clearly mentions Biafrans; Is Robert S. Goldstein a Biafran? |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 2:35pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
Katsumoto: Posting the article does not make it mine. I get your point about Goldstein not being a Biafran, yet, the man sounded as if he was solely in charge of the Biafran diplomatic efforts in the USA. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by birdman(m): 9:24pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
noblezone: Ojukwu is not here to answer why he preferred the air corridor than the land corridor.Was Awo there when Achebe was trying to muddy his reputation? And Ojukwu had plenty of time to set this straight, did he not? Good thing we have records rather than depending on a tribalist's account, no?
So you say there was genocide before the war. Does this make Ojukwu's starvation policy right? |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 9:31pm On Oct 18, 2012 |
This piece is really comprehensive and interesting to read. Independent writers, near and far, young and old, continue to castigate Ojukwu for committing genocide against his own people. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 7:13pm On Oct 20, 2012 |
birdman: Bros, what I am pointing out is this: If there was genocide (of course there was) before the war, what do you think will now happen during the war? The accusation that Ojukwu starved his people was a part of war propaganda. Awo himself accepted that they applied the starvation policy. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by defemz(m): 8:47pm On Oct 20, 2012 |
Ibo people are proud, high headed and foolish. And like Ojukwu called them, they are wild horse extremely difficult to rule. Their deficit in leadership is legendary and has something to do with their history. The most unfortunate thing here is the ibos did not learn a thing from their civil war. Why start a war you cannot finish. They want to produce the next president in 2015 and they are busy making more enemies. Well, the sad thing is their children may soon make the same mistake their fathers and forefathers made. The difference between a Yoruba and an Ibo is, a Yoruba think before he act, while an Ibo man acts before he thinks. No pun intended, this is just the truth. 3 Likes |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Katsumoto: 2:08am On Oct 21, 2012 |
noblezone: A starvation policy implies that your opponents in war should feed you. What happened was that a blockade was enforced and Biafra was on the backfoot throughout the war and consequently had no policy for food. They were at the mercy of their opponents to let food in. Now this was because aid agencies brought free food. What if no aid agencies or governments responded to Biafra's call for help? Would Biafra have accused its opponents of not letting food through? |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by birdman(m): 5:23am On Oct 21, 2012 |
noblezone: No it wasn't propaganda, if several independent records show it to be true. Ojukwu could have let the aid in, and people wouldnt starve, and the war could still have been waged. But he decided the propaganda was a better weapon of war. We can argue on if this was good military strategy or not. Tactically it was only a matter of time before the better equipped, more industrial army with better access to aid won. Ojukwu's only option other than surrender would be to gain an ally powerful enough to at least stalemate the Nigerian army. And it is understandable, albeit grudgingly, to use propaganda to achieve this goal. What bothers most sensible people, regardless of ethnicity is using your own people as mere pawns in that game, starving them to death in a most painful way just to buy a little extra sympathy. Something about this is fundamentally wrong, even in a war. I think even Ojukwu (and Achebe) knew this, which is why they try to blame others for this act. As long as Awo and Gowon are trying to clear their name, the focus is off the real offenders. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 5:38pm On Oct 30, 2012 |
Katsumoto: During every war, people (especially women and children) are taking into special consideration. It is a war crime to deliberately harm them. Even in war, there are rules of engagement. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 5:57pm On Oct 30, 2012 |
birdman: The point is this: There is no need for Ojukwu or Achebe to cook up blame. What independent record are you talking about? When Awo used his own mouth to confess what he did? Awo argued that the Biafran soldiers were hijacking the foods, so forbade it, he knew that the civilians would suffer, but according to him, that the soldiers would suffer more. Yet, I am not particularly bothered at the moment about Awo, Gowon and the starvation! I am concerned about the "Biafra" going on in the slaughter houses of Jos, Benue, Yobe, Norno, Kaduna, etc. And Nigeria cant do anything about it. All we are saying is this: Nigeria should let Biafra have her independence. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Vestehen: 6:25pm On Oct 30, 2012 |
Nice piece of fact; this goes to state clearly that truth cannot be suppresed, no mata how intelligent the scheme. Nice piece of fact; this goes to state clearly that truth cannot be suppresed, no mata how intelligent the scheme. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by birdman(m): 5:28am On Nov 02, 2012 |
noblezone: You are confused. I like how you jump from apology to independence once the facts become hot. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 8:15am On Nov 02, 2012 |
birdman: Jump from apology to independence? Honestly I don't understand! You can go through my posts and generally you would see that my position is that Nigeria was a mistake! My blame goes more to the Whiteman who took it upon himself to "crate" "one" Nigeria. Unfortunately, Nigeria was never one, is not one and will never be one. As for your "truth", the fact still remains that this was the opinion of a distant outsider who wrote from his perspective. Awo used his very mouth to acknowledge the starvation policy. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by birdman(m): 9:31am On Nov 03, 2012 |
noblezone: Distant outsider? I admire your attempts at propaganda, but fortunately, we all can read here. Distant outsiders dont get almost a million pounds to do a task, without collateral. Keep trying. And Ojukwu refusing aid is not an opinion. Its a fact. |
Re: Open Letter From Biafran PR Rep In The US (1968) by Nobody: 4:11pm On Nov 05, 2012 |
birdman: Was Awo also a Biafran propagandist when he admitted the policy? |
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