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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by HoneySwag(f): 9:10pm On Feb 28, 2015
Chrylich:
the question is how come everything started happening 6 weeks to the election... what has Jonathan bn doing?
playing politics with peoples' lives?
it is really pathetic..
Bokoharam has bn around for quite a while now, the intensity of the insurgency has bn at its peak for about 2 to 3 years now buh President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan only got to know that prompt actions should be taken just few weeks to the election.. n some bastards would still be hailing this dr fellow bastard over ds glaring propanganda.. I can't just imagine.. It is now so hard to differentiate between what is right n what is wrong..
n fact is, it is not Buhari or APC that i like, it is Jonathan n his administration that I hate.
I have always hated him since the subsidy thang

Ur hatred for him doesn't change d fact dat he's richer dan u,he doesn't evn knw u n it doesn't change d fact dat he may likey win d election or nt.. Still he has nothin to loose... It remains history dat he was once a Nigerian President.
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by chronique(m): 9:12pm On Feb 28, 2015
I don't like insulting people but I think most of the posters on this thread,are just plain stupid. Do you guys think buying weapons is as simple as ABC? Or do you guys think it's like buying chocolates @ shoprite and strolling back home with a full bag?

The boko haram war and menace,has evolved from stage to stage and with each new stage,comes a new discovery.

At stage 1,the NA never thought they were faced with a formidable opponent but unknowingly to them,they had something else coming. Boko haram grew to become formidable due to the activities of moles within the army. This sabotage,gave boko haram ample opportunity to stockpile arms looted from the NA armory,and from the black market.

At stage 2,boko haram used these arms to fight the NA and gained a lot of towns due to activities of sabotage in the army. The guerilla warfare tactic deployed by bh made it very difficult for the military to record significant progress. Nigeria hadn't been involved in something like this before,and the weapons possessed by the military were better suited for conventional warfare. If they had deployed such then,innocent individuals would have been killed and this would have led to something else again.

At stage 3,the military realised they needed a different kind of approach to the insurgency and this approach meant getting new weapons and equipments that would suit the operations.
At this stage,the FG approached our so called friends in the west for assistance with specific kind of weapons but they turned us down and even blocked most deals that would have sailed through. This forced us to go the black market way and again,the deal was blocked and a huge scandal was made about it.

At stage 4,the FG had to openly request a loan for arms purchase and this loan would not be received in cash. A foreign govt would supply us arms directly to the tune of 1bn dollars,thereby eliminating the biz of middle-men in the deals. At the end,we ended up patronising the Russians and the Chinese for stuffs that our friends couldn't give us because they kept citing poor human rights records as a reason for not selling to us.

At stage 5,all the mistakes learnt from the onset have been sorted out,neighbouring countries whose bordering towns used to be safe haven for bh have decided not to allow their territories to be used as a base for fleeing terrorists,and have joined in the battle against the insurgents. Weapon transactions that have been in the pipeline,are gradually coming into fruition and the tide has been turned against the insurgents. Sooner than we think,we'd win this war.


Yes,we can't stay without blaming the NA or the president one way or the other but the truth is,there is no specialized manual world over,that teaches you how to successfully quench insurgency at once. The almighty US has been involved in at least 3 wars in the last 15 years and those countries where the wars occured,have been worse than the way the US met it. Libya,Iraq and Afghanistan are classic modern day examples. Even the US with all her might and weapons and technology,haven't been able to quench insurgency anywhere on the planet. If they had,we wouldn't still be talking about groups like Al-qaeda,ISIS,Al-shabab,Boko haram,etc. They are still learning on the job but they have more experience than us. The US with all her might,lost the Vietnam war that lasted for 30yrs cummullatively. The war was fought between the south Vietnam who were backed by the US and French forces,and the North Vietnam backed by China and the Soviet Union. At the end,the French and the US were defeated. Boko haram is not defeating us and despite our meagre defence budget,we're winning the war against them. Those who argue about Buhari defeating the Maitasine rebels shouldn't forget that those rebels never had the weapons or knowledge/support that the boko haram insurgents have. They also never had access to the kind of funds boko haram have. Finally,they never had a veritable means of spreading their propaganda and creating a larger than life image of themselves.

When we put all these together,we'd know why some of us still give kudos to the current C-in-C and the military high command. Under them,Nigeria faced a new challenge and still overcame it. No leader in this history of Nigeria,has faced this kind of issue. Having a growing economy tipped to be one of the top 10 in a few years time,and still having to battle insurgency at the same time. If only we never had the boko haram menace,only God knows the kind of giant strides we would have made as a nation.


At the end of the day,Nigeria shall overcome and we'd fulfil our potential as a nation.

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by sokera: 9:13pm On Feb 28, 2015
johnnybelove:
What some people don't understand is that, with the help of BH trying to take local gov from the govt it makes it easy for the NA to apprehend them, because it is very difficult finding them among the innocent citizen and now that does local govt have been decerted by innocent citizen, the NA can now go there and fight who every is remaining there. because the people ther are there members both new and old. Hope you all understand now.
haha you are not serious ?
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by klimson: 9:14pm On Feb 28, 2015
teemanbastos:
wic military? Lies.. Why didnt dy send d war weapons 3yrs,2yrs bak..why wen election is near? No wonda dy postpond d election cos sum of dia rigging equipments hadnt arrived..
PDP Knw dy will lose and they are bent on unleashing mayhem..
But God is bigger than them all since
the Voice of the People is the Voice of God.

When the battle is hottest,Victory is nigh.
Mister! PDP doesn't need that type of hardware to rig election if they want to. If they say you won't cone out that day, you won't and you can't do anything about it. APC is an alarmist party.
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Kingspin(m): 9:14pm On Feb 28, 2015
Chrylich:
the question is how come everything started happening 6 weeks to the election... what has Jonathan bn doing?
playing politics with peoples' lives?
it is really pathetic..
Bokoharam has bn around for quite a while now, the intensity of the insurgency has bn at its peak for about 2 to 3 years now buh President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan only got to know that prompt actions should be taken just few weeks to the election.. n some bastards would still be hailing this dr fellow bastard over ds glaring propanganda.. I can't just imagine.. It is now so hard to differentiate between what is right n what is wrong..
n fact is, it is not Buhari or APC that i like, it is Jonathan n his administration that I hate.
I have always hated him since the subsidy thang
No country won sell weapons to us even South Africa so, Russian and China agreed to help as they were the last hope and offcourse, these weapons are not biscults most times you have to order for them before it is built. Up Nigerian Soldiers, Up GEJ

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Missy89(f): 9:15pm On Feb 28, 2015
SirShymexx:
Lmao...why do you lot like peddling stupid lies?

The first picture is a US Air Force picture.

The second one is the Ukrainian BTR-94 armored personnel carrier and Russia has a different version which is the BTR-80 from the soviet era.

And the third picture is Buk 312 missile defense system, and it's the Ukrainian version. What do you need a missile defense system for in an asymmetry war against militants? And when did BH start flying fighter jets?

You lot are clowns - Missy89, come get ya people. grin grin Thank God for the Chadians! grin

It is a regular gimmick on NL. I can still remember the drone footage and the pictures of French soldiers that was posted few weeks ago.

Too many liars here
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by HoneySwag(f): 9:15pm On Feb 28, 2015
bulakos:
Keeping buying dem so that Buhari won't suffer when he comes in in May 28


Sai baba Buhari
Sai Baban zara u

So don't be bothered wen buhari refuse to cause any change because GEJ is already workin


GEJ till 2019
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by fareed69(m): 9:16pm On Feb 28, 2015
kelvine:
Thank God they are alive.
I wish I could curse you back,time will tell who is Ewu.
Have fun



Really sorry abt that, we may ve different Ideologies but the Truth has to be Said, GEJ is not doing well.
The. Change is all what we should look out for though the Change may not be the Right 1 but let's give it a trial
1ce again Sorry about the abuse.
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by hunter21(m): 9:17pm On Feb 28, 2015
njays24:
Those of you who are good at quoting others,before you start quoting me blindly,let me say that I'm neither a GEJ nor GMB fan. But do you guys remember when we were waiting and relying on America to sell arms to us,but instead disappointed us at the 11th hour. We ran to south africa,they disgraced us by seizing our money;when we turned to isreal,they told us America said they shouldn't sell arms to us.
This are the kind of intelligent girls we need on the forum
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by sniperr007(m): 9:18pm On Feb 28, 2015
teemanbastos:
wic military? Lies.. Why didnt dy send d war weapons 3yrs,2yrs bak..why wen election is near? No wonda dy postpond d election cos sum of dia rigging equipments hadnt arrived..
PDP Knw dy will lose and they are bent on unleashing mayhem..
But God is bigger than them all since
the Voice of the People is the Voice of God.

When the battle is hottest,Victory is nigh.

Y must u politicize everything. We r defectin boko is fud news,weda late but we r and we tnk our military and d government
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by SirShymexx: 9:19pm On Feb 28, 2015
Missy89:


It is a regular gimmick on NL. I can still remember the drone footage and the pictures of French soldiers that was posted few weeks ago.

Too many liars here

Lmao...these folks are just ridiculously dumb. So dumb that they don't even know how to propagate propaganda and make it look real.

The plonkers just created a phony website; copied USAF picture and Ukrainian ones; and decided to assign them to Russia and China - while dissing US in the process. How dumb can these folks be?

Imagine posting BUK missile defense system for air defense as weapons bought to fight militants - hysterical! These people are funny, yo!! grin grin grin grin

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by kelvine(m): 9:20pm On Feb 28, 2015
One love

fareed69:


Really sorry abt that, we may ve different Ideologies but the Truth has to be Said, GEJ is not doing well.
The. Change is all what we should look out for though the Change may not be the Right 1 but let's give it a trial
1ce again Sorry about the abuse.

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by jeff105(m): 9:21pm On Feb 28, 2015
Dia own don finish
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Mynd44: 9:23pm On Feb 28, 2015
This thread is a fraud.

Seun, Lalastica, Ishilove

planes.findthebest.com/l/377/Boeing-B-52-Stratofortress

http://www.military-today.com/apc/btr_94.htm


PDP!!!!

Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by PhockPhockMan: 9:27pm On Feb 28, 2015
duni04:
See the kind of propaganda Jonathan is using his 6weeks and 21 billion naira to do. Now its Obamas fault that Jonathan didn't visit the North east for more than 6 years. The dumbàss president was only able to visit last week after Chadian soldiers rescued our brothers in the north from Boko haram. Now the îdiot President is parading everywhere in camouflage and claiming brave. Honestly anybody that believes the US is to blame for Boko Haram is a complete îdiot. If its true that they didn't sell us weapons, what did Jonathan use the 13 billion dollars he budgeted for defence in the last 3 years to do? To buy up farmland in Abuja or what?
Trash.
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by lovat(m): 9:28pm On Feb 28, 2015
KlaireKlement:
Hope they'd be more durable than other China products..*just joking*....It feels good to come online and read a chain of good news instead of the usual bad reports we used to get from those boko dudes.
thought I've seen the beau wannabe scattered all over NL Politics section. Hope u will enjoy d ride here. Welcome on board GEJ 4 2019

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by jteku(m): 9:29pm On Feb 28, 2015
Cyberbaze:
This type of new war equipment just landed at our airport to support our military. ..its now flight to finish…well done Mr President. If they have not politicised this war and stopped countries from selling arms to us through their propaganda. ..We would have finished this insurgency in record time. .Devilish USA has refused to sell to us war equipments because of Gay law but we Thank you CHINA AND RUSSIA for your support.








Source = Scannews
stop sharing fake photos, This r not nigerian equipments from the vegetation in the airport and the camo of the ifv's all are not the equipment dat were delivered......stop decieving people

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by PEREP: 9:30pm On Feb 28, 2015
chronique:
I don't like insulting people but I think most of the posters on this thread,are just plain stupid. Do you guys think buying weapons is as simple as ABC? Or do you guys think it's like buying chocolates @ shoprite and strolling back home with a full bag?

The boko haram war and menace,has evolved from stage to stage and with each new stage,comes a new discovery.

At stage 1,the NA never thought they were faced with a formidable opponent but unknowingly to them,they had something else coming. Boko haram grew to become formidable due to the activities of moles within the army. This sabotage,gave boko haram ample opportunity to stockpile arms looted from the NA armory,and from the black market.

At stage 2,boko haram used these arms to fight the NA and gained a lot of towns due to activities of sabotage in the army. The guerilla warfare tactic deployed by bh made it very difficult for the military to record significant progress. Nigeria hadn't been involved in something like this before,and the weapons possessed by the military were better suited for conventional warfare. If they had deployed such then,innocent individuals would have been killed and this would have led to something else again.

At stage 3,the military realised they needed a different kind of approach to the insurgency and this approach meant getting new weapons and equipments that would suit the operations.
At this stage,the FG approached our so called friends in the west for assistance with specific kind of weapons but they turned us down and even blocked most deals that would have sailed through. This forced us to go the black market way and again,the deal was blocked and a huge scandal was made about it.

At stage 4,the FG had to openly request a loan for arms purchase and this loan would not be received in cash. A foreign govt would supply us arms directly to the tune of 1bn dollars,thereby eliminating the biz of middle-men in the deals. At the end,we ended up patronising the Russians and the Chinese for stuffs that our friends couldn't give us because they kept citing poor human rights records as a reason for not selling to us.

At stage 5,all the mistakes learnt from the onset have been sorted out,neighbouring countries whose bordering towns used to be safe haven for bh have decided not to allow their territories to be used as a base for fleeing terrorists,and have joined in the battle against the insurgents. Weapon transactions that have been in the pipeline,are gradually coming into fruition and the tide has been turned against the insurgents. Sooner than we think,we'd win this war.


Yes,we can't stay without blaming the NA or the president one way or the other but the truth is,there is no specialized manual world over,that teaches you how to successfully quench insurgency at once. The almighty US has been involved in at least 3 wars in the last 15 years and those countries where the wars occured,have been worse than the way the US met it. Libya,Iraq and Afghanistan are classic modern day examples. Even the US with all her might and weapons and technology,haven't been able to quench insurgency anywhere on the planet. If they had,we wouldn't still be talking about groups like Al-qaeda,ISIS,Al-shabab,Boko haram,etc. They are still learning on the job but they have more experience than us. The US with all her might,lost the Vietnam war that lasted for 30yrs cummullatively. The war was fought between the south Vietnam who were backed by the US and French forces,and the North Vietnam backed by China and the Soviet Union. At the end,the French and the US were defeated. Boko haram is not defeating us and despite our meagre defence budget,we're winning the war against them. Those who argue about Buhari defeating the Maitasine rebels shouldn't forget that those rebels never had the weapons or knowledge/support that the boko haram insurgents have. They also never had access to the kind of funds boko haram have. Finally,they never had a veritable means of spreading their propaganda and creating a larger than life image of themselves.

When we put all these together,we'd know why some of us still give kudos to the current C-in-C and the military high command. Under them,Nigeria faced a new challenge and still overcame it. No leader in this history of Nigeria,has faced this kind of issue. Having a growing economy tipped to be one of the top 10 in a few years time,and still having to battle insurgency at the same time. If only we never had the boko haram menace,only God knows the kind of giant strides we would have made as a nation.


At the end of the day,Nigeria shall overcome and we'd fulfil our potential as a nation.

God bless you for this OUTSTANDING PIECE

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by OreMI22: 9:32pm On Feb 28, 2015
Cyberbaze:
This type of new war equipment just landed at our airport to support our military. ..its now flight to finish…well done Mr President. If they have not politicised this war and stopped countries from selling arms to us through their propaganda. ..We would have finished this insurgency in record time. .Devilish USA has refused to sell to us war equipments because of Gay law but we Thank you CHINA AND RUSSIA for your support.







That is a B-52 bomber operated by ONLY the USA as a long range strategic bomber.
Without diminishing the glorious and eternally grateful roles of China and Russia in helping end the Boko Haram slaughter of Nigerians.
This B-52 picture alone unravels your ignorance around military equipment.

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Mynd44: 9:34pm On Feb 28, 2015
OreMI22:


That is a B-52 bomber operated by ONLY the USA as a long range strategic bomber.
Without diminishing the glorious and eternally grateful roles of China and Russia in helping end the Boko Haram slaughter of Nigerians.
This B-52 picture alone unravels your ignorance around military equipment.
The thread is a scam

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Mynd44: 9:34pm On Feb 28, 2015
OreMI22:


That is a B-52 bomber operated by ONLY the USA as a long range strategic bomber.
Without diminishing the glorious and eternally grateful roles of China and Russia in helping end the Boko Haram slaughter of Nigerians.
This B-52 picture alone unravels your ignorance around military equipment.
The thread is a scam

www.nairaland.com/2172344/china-russia-send-sophisticated-war/6#31180900

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Nobody: 9:35pm On Feb 28, 2015
Chrylich:
the question is how come everything started happening 6 weeks to the election... what has Jonathan bn doing?
playing politics with peoples' lives?
it is really pathetic..
Bokoharam has bn around for quite a while now, the intensity of the insurgency has bn at its peak for about 2 to 3 years now buh President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan only got to know that prompt actions should be taken just few weeks to the election.. n some bastards would still be hailing this dr fellow bastard over ds glaring propanganda.. I can't just imagine.. It is now so hard to differentiate between what is right n what is wrong..
n fact is, it is not Buhari or APC that i like, it is Jonathan n his administration that I hate.
I have always hated him since the subsidy thang
YOU JUST SPOKE MY MIND BLSCK AND WHITE BROF

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Nobody: 9:37pm On Feb 28, 2015
let me tell you pple If don't know. America & Obama is part of d NEW WORLD ORDER AGENDA of depopulation. Dey derives joy when African countries are killing themselves. So hw do you expect dem 2 send weapons 2 you. Dia latest anger is when we refused 2 sign dia satanic gay law. America brought Ebola 2 Africa. Dey brought Hiv. D current crises in Libya America has a hand in it. America killed Ghadafi. 2 me America doesn't mean anything becos dey re saboteur & concern in dia selfish interest. But thank GOD 4 Russia & China. Anything dat has beginning must have an end. With dis weapons of bokoharam destruction dey must crush all of dem into ashes until GMB begin confession. GEJ til 2019

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by watered(m): 9:38pm On Feb 28, 2015
#NeverAgain





GEJ till 2019
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by enigmang: 9:38pm On Feb 28, 2015
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Realist2: 9:40pm On Feb 28, 2015
teemanbastos:
wic military? Lies.. Why didnt dy send d war weapons 3yrs,2yrs bak..why wen election is near? No wonda dy postpond d election cos sum of dia rigging equipments hadnt arrived.. PDP Knw dy will lose and they are bent on unleashing mayhem.. But God is bigger than them all since the Voice of the People is the Voice of God. When the battle is hottest,Victory is nigh.
trash
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by ocelot2006(m): 9:42pm On Feb 28, 2015
Cyberbaze:
This type of new war equipment just landed at our airport to support our military. ..its now flight to finish…well done Mr President. If they have not politicised this war and stopped countries from selling arms to us through their propaganda. ..We would have finished this insurgency in record time. .Devilish USA has refused to sell to us war equipments because of Gay law but we Thank you CHINA AND RUSSIA for your support.








Source = Scannews


Bros....The first picture is a BIG LIE. THAT is an American B -52 Stratofortress Bomber, a plane operated ONLY by the United States Air Force. Please check your "facts" before you post.

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Tonason: 9:43pm On Feb 28, 2015
Chrylich:
the question is how come everything started happening 6 weeks to the election... what has Jonathan bn doing?
playing politics with peoples' lives?
it is really pathetic..
Bokoharam has bn around for quite a while now, the intensity of the insurgency has bn at its peak for about 2 to 3 years now buh President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan only got to know that prompt actions should be taken just few weeks to the election.. n some bastards would still be hailing this dr fellow bastard over ds glaring propanganda.. I can't just imagine.. It is now so hard to differentiate between what is right n what is wrong..
n fact is, it is not Buhari or APC that i like, it is Jonathan n his administration that I hate.
I have always hated him since the subsidy thang

Are you just waking up from sleep or from limbo. Did you not hear how USA refused to sell arms to us and at the same time blocked every means we tried to obtain them. I am sure u re APC member the people that never appreciate good thing. God pass you.
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by papalumi29(m): 9:45pm On Feb 28, 2015
Chrylich:
the question is how come everything started happening 6 weeks to the election... what has Jonathan bn doing?
playing politics with peoples' lives?
it is really pathetic..
Bokoharam has bn around for quite a while now, the intensity of the insurgency has bn at its peak for about 2 to 3 years now buh President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan only got to know that prompt actions should be taken just few weeks to the election.. n some bastards would still be hailing this dr fellow bastard over ds glaring propanganda.. I can't just imagine.. It is now so hard to differentiate between what is right n what is wrong..
n fact is, it is not Buhari or APC that i like, it is Jonathan n his administration that I hate.
I have always hated him since the subsidy thang

*My brother who reckon with Buhari when he contested for presidency in his last 3 attempts?. It is the obvious failure of GEJ government that pave way for him.
*One of the reasons I want him (GEJ) to loose this election is to teach these politicians a lesson that, if they fail to perform, truly power belong to the electorates to decide their faith.
*Why Till Six Weeks To Election!!!!, must we be running election every minute to make them deliver on their promises?

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Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by BUSYBRAIN2(m): 9:46pm On Feb 28, 2015
You english though...
This is why Buhari will fail
bulakos:
Keeping buying dem so that Buhari won't suffer when he comes in in May 28


Sai baba Buhari
Sai Baban zara u
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by Tibins(m): 9:47pm On Feb 28, 2015
teemanbastos:
wic military? Lies.. Why didnt dy send d war weapons 3yrs,2yrs bak..why wen election is near? No wonda dy postpond d election cos sum of dia rigging equipments hadnt arrived..
PDP Knw dy will lose and they are bent on unleashing mayhem..
But God is bigger than them all since
the Voice of the People is the Voice of God.

When the battle is hottest,Victory is nigh.

Nooo! Ure wrong. Nigeria was never a Russia ally. When u want such equipt the focus is usually ur ally. We largely depend on US over the years untill recently.
Nigeria had very good military relationship (bilats) with the US.
Even if they refuse y have to keep pushing for it.
Besides US arms are more technologically advanced & the best. But we wanted the best.
Well in the absence of the best, we have do with the available.
GEJ tried. He never wanted to allow Nigeria's friendship with US to go sour. Both countries have come a long way.
But he had no choice again, he would let Nigerian Army's reputation go down. So he had to something.
Just before we start training ours to make weapons. We shall get there
Re: China And Russia Send Sophisticated War Weapons To Nigeria by lovat(m): 9:48pm On Feb 28, 2015
chronique:
I don't like insulting people but I think most of the posters on this thread,are just plain stupid. Do you guys think buying weapons is as simple as ABC? Or do you guys think it's like buying chocolates @ shoprite and strolling back home with a full bag?

The boko haram war and menace,has evolved from stage to stage and with each new stage,comes a new discovery.

At stage 1,the NA never thought they were faced with a formidable opponent but unknowingly to them,they had something else coming. Boko haram grew to become formidable due to the activities of moles within the army. This sabotage,gave boko haram ample opportunity to stockpile arms looted from the NA armory,and from the black market.

At stage 2,boko haram used these arms to fight the NA and gained a lot of towns due to activities of sabotage in the army. The guerilla warfare tactic deployed by bh made it very difficult for the military to record significant progress. Nigeria hadn't been involved in something like this before,and the weapons possessed by the military were better suited for conventional warfare. If they had deployed such then,innocent individuals would have been killed and this would have led to something else again.

At stage 3,the military realised they needed a different kind of approach to the insurgency and this approach meant getting new weapons and equipments that would suit the operations.
At this stage,the FG approached our so called friends in the west for assistance with specific kind of weapons but they turned us down and even blocked most deals that would have sailed through. This forced us to go the black market way and again,the deal was blocked and a huge scandal was made about it.

At stage 4,the FG had to openly request a loan for arms purchase and this loan would not be received in cash. A foreign govt would supply us arms directly to the tune of 1bn dollars,thereby eliminating the biz of middle-men in the deals. At the end,we ended up patronising the Russians and the Chinese for stuffs that our friends couldn't give us because they kept citing poor human rights records as a reason for not selling to us.

At stage 5,all the mistakes learnt from the onset have been sorted out,neighbouring countries whose bordering towns used to be safe haven for bh have decided not to allow their territories to be used as a base for fleeing terrorists,and have joined in the battle against the insurgents. Weapon transactions that have been in the pipeline,are gradually coming into fruition and the tide has been turned against the insurgents. Sooner than we think,we'd win this war.


Yes,we can't stay without blaming the NA or the president one way or the other but the truth is,there is no specialized manual world over,that teaches you how to successfully quench insurgency at once. The almighty US has been involved in at least 3 wars in the last 15 years and those countries where the wars occured,have been worse than the way the US met it. Libya,Iraq and Afghanistan are classic modern day examples. Even the US with all her might and weapons and technology,haven't been able to quench insurgency anywhere on the planet. If they had,we wouldn't still be talking about groups like Al-qaeda,ISIS,Al-shabab,Boko haram,etc. They are still learning on the job but they have more experience than us. The US with all her might,lost the Vietnam war that lasted for 30yrs cummullatively. The war was fought between the south Vietnam who were backed by the US and French forces,and the North Vietnam backed by China and the Soviet Union. At the end,the French and the US were defeated. Boko haram is not defeating us and despite our meagre defence budget,we're winning the war against them. Those who argue about Buhari defeating the Maitasine rebels shouldn't forget that those rebels never had the weapons or knowledge/support that the boko haram insurgents have. They also never had access to the kind of funds boko haram have. Finally,they never had a veritable means of spreading their propaganda and creating a larger than life image of themselves.

When we put all these together,we'd know why some of us still give kudos to the current C-in-C and the military high command. Under them,Nigeria faced a new challenge and still overcame it. No leader in this history of Nigeria,has faced this kind of issue. Having a growing economy tipped to be one of the top 10 in a few years time,and still having to battle insurgency at the same time. If only we never had the boko haram menace,only God knows the kind of giant strides we would have made as a nation.


At the end of the day,Nigeria shall overcome and we'd fulfil our potential as a nation.
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