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HBD Omawumi. More fruitful years ahead IJN.

sapientia:
Foolish dimwit

You dont even deserve any answer since i wont read your trash

How can you call Sankara a brutal dictator who was feared by many yet his country men still got justice for him after 35yrs of his assasination. The joke is on you sapientia. You are a confused ignoramus who has lost his sense of reasoning. Shame on you. Shame!!!

Blablamalala:
What does it mean to be a dictator?

Don't mind that slave. Most Africans don't think they would rather follow their slave masters who made themselves arbiter of what is right and wrong, who is evil and who is an angel. It doesn't matter what the west calls Sankara and their salves in Africa like the guy sapientia. Sankara remains one of the greatest leaders in African history the revolutionary reforms he made during his tenure will never be forgotten.

I still remember the unrest that led to the ousting of this perfidious Blaise Compaore in 2014. I watched as Burkinabes were shouting justice for Sankara. After Compaore was ousted and fled to exile Sankara's wife that compaore sent into exile after he killed her husband came to that country with a rousing welcome that should tell you Sankara has a good legacy and he will foreever be rememberd by generations yet unborn. But slaves like sapientia would rather lick his white masters boots by calling sankara a dictator because Sankara didn't allow them to suck and milk the country during his short tenure.

The opinion of the west and the slaves sapientia and alphanomega don't matter because Burkinabes don't see him that way that's all that matters. The fact that they still pursued justice after many years of his death shows that Sankara was a man of the people. Rest on Thomas Isidore Sankara.

sapientia:
Sankara was a dictator

Africans always praise people cos they died

If only he had worked according to the law

He made everyone around him afraid by his actions

If your inner circle betray you, check yourself very well



I have been insulted by many kids already. One even asked me how old I was when he died

I wanted to name Gaddafi but I remembered Putin Fan boys

I dont need them reminding me its the turn of Dictator Putin to kill his turn the way USA killed their African messiah Gadaffi

Sankara a dictator who made everyone fear him? Where did you get this nonsense from? I don't like using derogratory words on line but I'll use it this time by telling you you are insanely insane.

Sankara was the simplest and easy going man in BurkinaFaso during his life time. He refused to use military entourage and orderly instead he drove himself in his small car with a pistol beside him for protection. In fact he was gotten easily because he was too simple and soft. Yeah that got him killed. Go to Burkinafaso he is still highly revered by Burkinabes. Your post reeks of ignorance. Head is paining you. Olodo.

siofra:
Americans don't like communism and I'm curious. They constantly speak against communist nations like China, North Korea etc

Is the hate for communism because of the horrors that took place in the Soviet Union under communism in the 20th century or purely economic reasons?

Communism is a threat to America's economy and sphere of influence. America spent billions of dollars during the cold war years fighting communism around the world. Sponsoring regime change and insurgency in communist countries through the CIA.

America entered the Korean war because of its fear of Communism and was heavily involved in the Vietnam war because of this same fear it has for communism. I don't know if you have come across what they call the Domino Theory. A theory America was using in its justification for intervention in communist countries during the cold war years. America even formed the South East Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) a multilateral NATO like security agreement in Asia just to counter the spread of Communism.

And American public generally have been brainwashed by their government to think communism is evil since the war on communism is a policy in their country.

Also Capitalism thrives on exploitation through imperialism and Imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism, the highest stage in capitalist development which Communism repudiates. So both economic models or modes of production are antagonistic to each other.

AmazonTopaz:
Interesting insight here.
I have always stated that the west is not a saint and I have always called out their BS especially when they turn their eyes to how the Palestinians are being treated or the fact that they think they get to decide the nations that can get nuclear weapons.We are talking about Russia today you can call out both without always taking sides.

That being said, I support government regulation to an extent which could be argued to be socialism if you use the American progressives context and how conservatives call them socialist and all that but I also believe in capitalism too with government regulation and the need for wealth billionaires to pay their fair share of taxes and be highly taxed as well.

I prefer democracy to communism and socialism I was not talking about their modes of production or economies per say I kinda like Karl Marx's theories but on the political side I do not like how they play their politics which I was calling out and yes capitalism/socialism is not always about dictatorships but in today's world many of their leaders are while some or if not majority of the people have a disapproval of the system most dictatorships of today is happening in socialist or communist countries

Democracy can be practiced under communism/socialism too. Democracy is not the twin brother of Capitalism as the west wants us to believe that was a cold war lie cause Adolf Hitler was a Capitalist but we know that Adolf Hitler gave no freedom to the Germans. In fact Nazism repudiates Communism/socialism which means Adolf Hitler hated Communism with great disdain. He killed many Communists and sent many into exile.

Capitalism conotes freedom in the economic sphere but in the political realm it is not always about freedom. Fulgencio Batista of Cuba was a brutal Capitalist dictator that received U.S support. Suherto of Indonesia was a Capitalist dictator too. Anastasio Somoza Debayle of Nicaragua, Augusto Pinochet of Chile. Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam, Marcos Evangelista Perez Jimenez of Venezuala. Syngman Rhee of South Korea, Park Chun Ghee of South Korea. Let me stop here.

Countries that have practiced western capitalist system with dictatorship/despotism are much more than countries that have practiced Communism. So Capitalism does not translate to democracy.

AmazonTopaz:
I am sure you would have preferred communism and socialism then , why not move to those countries instead since they are better than democracy?

What's wrong with Communism and Socialism as modes of production?

You think Communism/Socialism has connection with dictatorship? As if Capitalism is not evil. I know you don't have enough info that's why you reason this way.

You haven't read that democratic Communist regimes have existed in the past but they were truncated by the instrumentality of the America's CIA because uncle SAM saw them as threat to it own Capitalist sphere of influence.

Have you read about Salvadore Allende the democratically elected Communist president of Chile? That was toppled by the CIA and replaced with a ruthless Capitalist dictator known as Augusto Rusto Pinochet? CIA helped Pinochet to surpress dissent and he killed hundreds of thousands in that country.

What of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala. He was a true democrat but was toppled by CIA and replaced with a ruthless Capitalist dictator. That CIA coup in Guatemala led to a chain of events that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in that country.

Those were capitalist regimes that U.S. installed so please what is wrong with Communism? As if capitalism has not had its own share of dictatorship and evil.

Fidel Castro started well in Cuba he was a free and nice gentleman but when U.S. started invading Cuba and using Cubans to plot assasinations against his life he had to change his ways and became dictatorial so as to instill fear into the people even at that the U.S. did not stop CIA tried his life over 600 times and failed.

During the cold war years those communist countries were on their own jejely while U.S. was using CIA to forment trouble in them. Unseating the weak ones who choosed to be democratic.

RapistOnBail:

I prefer that slum and shanty town. So long as I go Dey see snow in the morning and I go Dey comot with Eskimo cardigan, I no go stay for Lekki

Lmao

OBALOLA55:



KARL MARX IS A LEGENDARY PROPHET



MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY

A scholar sighted.
Karl Marx will forever be relevant.
Honestly I wanted to say this until I saw your comment.

His Das Kapital: A Critique of Political Economy expalin all these in details.

Na everybody dey join Ukrainian army now na blows this man won use face T-90 tank

kayusely70:
What did the man do to protect part of his territory annexed by Russia some few years ago. Can he single-handedly defend his country against an invation by Russia?

No, he cannot single handedly defend his country against an invasion from Russia and neither will the west come to defend his country. It's good that the Ukrainian president is now thinking with his brain.

Biodun556:
Will Ukraine win this war with arms begging and donated weapons?

Ukraine cannot win anything. Anyway Putin understands what he is doing. He wants to put more pressure on NATO this time in order to stop NATO's expansionism. I love the way Putin is treating them. Russia has to be firm this time and Putin is very good at it.

vedaxcool:
Enjoy the politics then. But a word of caution, if you denounce US behaviour then turn around to use the same behaviour as a basis to justify Russia's actions which includes invasion, stealing lands of Ukraine, induced civil wars etc. Then you have accepted and legitimise their actions as being right. If US induced a change of government in Kiev without a single soldier on Ukraine's soil, then why can't Russia repeat similar feat instead of the needless civil war?

When I say going against international norms , I speak of them repeating such actions against other countries or other countries coping same. Then imagine the same happening to your country? You see US and Russia are two sides of the same coin, they rely on the rest of humanity to legitimise whatever puerile squabble they can come up with, whenever the rest of humanity fail to rise above their innocuous stupidity, they win!

There is nothing new Russia is doing that the U.S. has not done worse. Russia is just taking a page from U.S. playbook.

vedaxcool:
There is really no double standards as Russia is doing exactly what the US did but worse, it has annexed Ukraine's Territory. It has ceased Crimea, prevented Ukraine from passing through certain territorial waters, yet it is not satisfied, it wants war and intends to fully annex Eastern parts of Ukraine where it claims members.

My point is simple, when America bullied Cuba then it was wrong, Russia actions in Ukraine still remains wrong.

While most have taken pro America or Russia, I simply stand with Ukraine which shouldn't suffer for making sovereign decisions.

While I agree with you any nation that has NATO at its borders should be worried a more appropriate action for Russia is to seek countries close to the US and do the same, but abusing International norms set dangerous precedents that makes might right rather than law which might lead to war .

If you recall, Castro shot down an American reconaissance plane down during the missiles crisis. My point has always been countries won't wait for whatever games the US or Russia are playing to stand for their national pride!

Do you know how many international norms America and its allied partners have abused. Do you know how many dangerous precedents they have set? Russia is just taking a page from their playbook.

This is politics you know? Russia is free to do whatever it deems necessary to counter the west. The west keep doing what is against Russia's interest. The west started the destabilization of Ukraine before Russia came in. The colour revolution they instigated in Georgia and Ukraine didn't go well with Russia. The uprising the west formented in 2014 after Viktor Yanukovych rejected an offer to bring Ukraine into the EU led to the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych.

The west can't just use thuggery to absorb all Russia's sphere of influence without expecting any response from Russia. Watch and enjoy the game.

vedaxcool:
They have done worse, remember how they supported Taliban?

Like I said in our previous conversation, a country no matter how small will try to defend their honour, this is what punishing Ukraine for their irrational fear of NATO will eventually lead to conflicts by its border that will costly in the long run.

Ukraine is a sovereign country and must not be invaded because of sovereign decisions it makes

But Cuba made that sovereign decision when it approached the USSR in 1962 for the deployment of missiles on its soil in order to discourage another U.S. CIA led invasion of Cuba. What was the result? Americans couldn't sleep after they discovered Cuba was hosting USSR ballistic missiles. They started threatening Cuba with invasion and even a possible tactical nuclear strike. They even violated Cuba's airspace severally with their reconaissance planes.

This is just double standard. Any nation that is security conscious won't allow itself to be encircled by an alliance that is known for its hegemonic expansion.

Afamsi:
Read the post over and over, you will understand

You are the one that should re-read so you can understand. If you don't understand why Israel needs refuelling tankers at this moment then you have to go back and read very well.
America has done well by denying that insane country from getting those tankers. When Israel starts the fire it will be uncontrollable it is the same America Israel would want to use to quench it.

Righteousness2:
I Said Here long time ago that Biden is appointed to bring about the fall of Nomerica the Sleeping Giant aka " Mystery Babylon "

America became a Super Power because of the Strong Judaic Principles laid down by the Founding Fathers .
Israel has been the USA Most trusted ally and that is why GOD ALMIGHTY made America a Super Power because the Covenant says " I WILL BLESS THEM THAT BLESS THEE and CURSE them that Curse thee"

America of today has completely turned its back on GOD and is furiously advancing and Promoting everything that evokes GOD'S Wrath.

America of today is More anti- Israel than Pro- Israel.
America of today is Pro-Israel on the Pages of Newspapers and Anti-Israel in action.

Israel is at the Verge of War with its Enemies and America is playing Politics.

One thing is Sure! Israel cannot go down! When the Chips are down, GOD ALMIGHTY will Personally , Mightily and Furiously Defend HIS LAND just as the Bible says. HE will Crush all the Nations that comes HIS First Born.

But you see Babylon the Great, the Sleeping Giant aka Nomerica, she is Gone! She will become a
As for the People of GOD there, Fear not. GOD will Deliver His People

You don't have sense.. Is America's destiny tied to that of Israel? Is America not a sovereign nation? Must America always do the bidding of Israel without thinking of the consequences it will have on America's interest and the middle east? This is common sense here. Who on earth would sell a refuelling tanker to an insane country trying to scuttle an ongoing nuclear negotiation through a pre-emptive strike. Must you bring religion into everything? Just think like someone who is educated for once. I just pity your children SMH.

Afamsi:
This is the worst US government in history just like we have in Nigeria. Joe Biden is evil and hates all that is good, but Israel will always win. They have divine assurance of victory over every foe

What is good about Israel obtaining a refuelling tanker that it wants to use to cause a wildfire in the middle east? World powers are racing to rescue the nuclear deal Dullard Trump ditched now Israel is threatening a strike and trying to obtain refuelling tankers to carry it out. One thing I have noticed is Israel does not want any solution to the nuclear crisis that same Israel used Trump to create and once Israel starts that wildfire it will affect Israel seriously. Israel must be joking to think it can strike Iran without consequences.

So Biden's govt is the worst in U.S. history? Because he delayed the transfer of refuelling tankers that Israel is planning to use to cause a conflagration in the middle east? Dullard Trump last week confessed that Netanyahu just used him over the Iran issue. It is now clear to Mr Trump what he couldn't see during his tenure.

MangekyoAlt:
Putin said the China is behind US in hypersonic systems?
Source? The-sun.uk? Give me source let me go through.

Of all 3 of China, Russia & USA, the US is years behind those 2 in hypersonic research This is something that he's been stated over and over and its now very obvious for everyone to see.

I'm not anti-west, like you claimed. Most of my fav countries are from the west. The only 2 country I will set ahead of USA and they are russia & Israel.

You guys are always fund tagging anyone who criticizes or exposes the obvious hypocrisy and bias of any western nation. And it is not even surprising anymore at this point.

Stop arguing with that guy. He is an ignoramus. Only a caveman would say Russia and China are behind U.S. in hypersonic research. His reply to my mention really exposed his gross ignorance so I didn't bother to reply him.

When we know U.S. is the one still figuring how to make it work after many failed tests. A U.S. General had to come out clean last month by saying U.S. should start working on the defence systems that can engage enemy hypersonic missiles even if U.S. can't perfect it's own research about the weapons. How they are going to build a defence system that can engage such a weapon is what I don't understand since they are still finding it difficult to perfect the weapon itself.

emae009:
I like how you grossly overlook the facts that Ukraine is a sovereign nation and with that have the right to do as it pleases.
if Russia doesn't want NATO close to it's backyards then stop bullying your neighbors to show influence and power.
Ever wonder why the US is always very quick to resolve issues with Mexico and Canada??
China is now doing the same thing as Russia and what is the result?
more countries in the SCS are joining pacts with the US.
They are not doing it because the like the US, they are doing it to survive.

But sure, let's overlook that facts are pain America as the bad guys. You know that usually makes the headlines

The bolded shows you don't know how the rift between Russia and NATO started. In fact it was NATO that trigerred Russia's paranoia through NATO's hegemonic over extension and that's why all these are happening. I wrote about this some months ago you can read it here
https://www.nairaland.com/6499456/russia-ukraine-days-war-vladimir-putin#100652918

Ola17:
Your submission is faulty.
Those places you mentioned aren’t first or second tier cities as they are mostly known for their historical architectures, culture and local cuisines. Even the most developed countries have run down places. Have you even been to Tibet?

What a great answer.

What i notice about Asian countries is that they still want to preserve those ancient architectural structures that point to their ingenuity during their communal and feudal era. So they won't be foolish to pull all of them down and replace them with western structures like the skyscrapper. Structures like these will continue to exist in China, Japan, South and North Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma etc. And they are mostly found in rural areas.

Even Tiananmen square historical architectural edifice have been left intact. @ JeffreyJunior

But U.S. has war infrastructures that keep getting better. Na wetin matter to uncle sam be that.

Using U.S tax payer money to build and run overseas bases comes at a cost. It means forgoing investments in areas like infrastructure, education, housing and healthcare.

China is wiser and smarter than uncle sam.

NOETHNICITY:
Israel is powerful enough to strike, but they may not be powerful enough to withstand the consequences

Israel does not have what it takes to take out major Iran's nuclear sites. They are going to need bunker busters, those earth penetrators which Israel does not have. Even if they had them they would need strategic bombers to airlift them to their targets. Israel does not have strategic bombers and its fighter bombers are too small to carry those heavy bombs.

Launching ballistic missiles at those nuclear sites won't do real damage. The distance between Iran and Israel is another factor. Will some Arab countries allow Israel use their airbase for such a strike? I don't think so.

It's good you know Israel won't be able to withstand the consequences even if it managed to make it happen.

Vado:
Well, they did surprise them in 1945 with the A-Bombs. That led to the Cold War between Russia and US as the former felt kept in the dark despite the good relationship they had then. So if one opine that this is to merely downplay their capacity, how could that be out of place?

The A-Bomb was no surprise to the USSR. They knew every detail of the the Manhattan Project through the Soviet Intelligence with the help of Klaus Fuchs, Ursula Kuczynski (Agent Sonya) and Len Beurton. The Soviet had the blue print of the project and Klaus Fuchs supplied the soviets every detail of the project from start to finish. Klaus was part of the project so he was a Soviet mole who fed the Russkies every detail.

And point of correction it was not the Atomic bomb that led to the cold war rivalry between America and defunct USSR. It was Communism that was swallowing eastern European countries that triggered the cold war. The fear that western Europe and even the whole world could fall to Communism which America saw as a danger to its own Capitalist system was what triggered the cold war.

Why would America hide its advances in the field of hypersonic weapons. Remember it's a competition between these military powers. Why would you downplay your capability before your fellow competitors when we all know everything about these weapons test/arms race is to achieve deterrence. Has America ever downplayed the capacity of its arms like the THAAD, Drones, Submarines and the rest?

You guys just don't want to admit that America is behind Russia and China in this field. This is where your problem lies everything starts and end with America, if America can't build it no one else can build it. That's what is blurring the reality away from your view. You people see this America as the almighty country. Change your mindset.

U.S hypersonic weapons tests keep failing while Russia and China continue to make giant stride in this area. When will uncle sam get it right. America can't match Russia and China in this area.

Later those NL small boys will start telling you how U.S has had its own hypersonic weapons since 1901 but were stored secretly

While America was busy fighting wars, flexing muscle around. China was busy doing business cementing its trading ties with countries around the world now it's paying off.

SweetVibe:
You are a bloody liar……it was Chiang kai-shek who fought the Japanese. Please dont be blinded by sentiment

Hahahaha.... Chiang Kai-Shek fought the Japa what? Chiang Kai-Shek that fled for his life the day the imperial Japanese forces invaded Nanjing/Nanking. The Japanese would have killed him if he had stayed in Nanjing the seat of his government. The unpatriotic Chiang didn't see the Japanese as enemies to him the communists were his enemies and a threat to his dictatorial rule so he kept warring with the communists with the help of the west. The west helped him with money, weapons and intelligence to eradicate the communists

Go and take your history books and read and if you don't have one mail me and let me recommend some good ones for you.

mysticwarrior:
trump, Fidel Castro, hugo chavez , Alberto fujimori and Augusto Pinochet should be there.

Whenever the capitalist west incite your people against you just to undermine and collapse your regime and you took drastic measure to curb such so that it won't repeat itself next time can you be termed a dictator? I don't think so.

Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez were dictators according to the capitalist west who sponsored coups against them and they would have been replaced with brutal dictators if they were successful. Castro escaped over 600 assasination attempt orchestrated by America.

Hugo Chavez was removed in a coup because of his Bolivarian Revolution / Bolivarianism . Though he was restored within 24hrs by his loved ones in the military. U.S was in that coup. Let us not create the list of dictators using the lens of these evil western countries cause they have removed democratically elected leaders at some point and replaced them with dictators.

compton11:
let assume Chiang Kai-Shek was treacherous,was Mao Zedong also that good?

Mao Zedong will never be forgotten in the history of China. His name and sacrifice have been seared into Chinese history and generations to come will continue to remember him for his sacrifices.

He was the one who recruited, trained and armed guerilla fighters that chased the cannibalistic and murderous imperial Japanese troops out of China. Chiang Kai-Shek didn't do nothing about the marauding Japanese troops that invaded China instead he was fighting Mao Zedong with the help of the west because he saw the communists as his enemy.

Mao Zedong built a center of resistance at Yan'an where he trained armed and equipped Chinese peasants sent them back to their various domains to engage the imperial Japanes troops. After routing the imperial Japanese troops out of China he declared the People's Republic of China in 1949 and expelled all western imperialists out of China.

Mao Zedong like any other human being had his short comings his Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward were disasters but history has forgiven him unlike Chiang Kai-Chek who killed millions of Chinese, ruled them with iron fist, looted the Chinese national treasury and allowed the Japanese to invade and occupy China to rape and kill innocent Chinese at will and even allowed Taiwan to slip away from China.

Chiang Kai-Shek has faded into oblivion go to China today the picture of Mao is in Tiananmen square and his bust and statue are in major places in China. The histiory of China is not complete without Mao Zedong. The Taiwanese will continue to curse Chiang kai-Shek for his dictatorial rule and the 38 years Taiwan Martial Law that he imposed on the island. The Chinese will continue to curse him as well.

Mao Zedong remains one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of guerilla warfare. The father and founder of modern China. Rest on chairman Mao.

timesup234:
The greatest mistake Mao made was not invading Taiwan after defeating vagabond America in Korea

Actually Mao had plans to invade Taiwan and remove the treacherous Chiang Kai-Chek who sold China and Taiwan to the West, America knew this and had to quickly enter into a mutual defence pact with Taiwan so as to separate Taiwan from China completely.

What would China have done? China was still weak militarily and economically and could not confront America then. The helpless China had to accept its fate.
But now that they are capable the world is now demonizing them not knowing the role U.S. played.

after4:
So Japan go fold hand they look, the UK. This guys do not know that even if the US government no gree enter the war, us generals and military contractors will push them into it. Make unah stop to dey over hype this china and their fake technologies that have not being tested. No be who first start fight dey win fight oh. After all the US invaded Vietnam and ran away. Talking about Afghanistan, russia also invaded them too and ran away. If chinko wan invade Taiwan make dem go ahead nah.

I don't understand how you guys think.
Check the screenshot below. That's former UK pm Theresa May asking Boris Johnson if the AUKUS pact won't put UK on a collision of war with China. Does that make any sense to you? That should tell you the UK would avoid anything that could lead to a war with China.

They know that defending Taiwan against China isn't worth it. Haven't you asked yourself why none of these countries has a defence pact with Taiwan lol...

I always laugh whenever i see kids in this section debating how NATO would help Taiwan confront China.

Please read and re-read the question that former UK pm asked Boris Johnson.

Japan won't dare confront China over Taiwan.

This is the link to the screenshot
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-58592613

China is ready to sacrifice whatever it takes to take back what it sees as a rogue province. A territory she lost to Chiang Kai-Shek's treachery and U.S. cold war politics. China is ready to fight to the last soldier standing but is U.S. ready to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of its troops in the defence of an Island that has no historical connection to America?

The motivation of Chinese troops is we are going to take back a territory that belonged to us but was taken away from us when we lost power now that we are up to the task we are ready to posess our possesion. But what would be the motivation of American troops? That they are going to die in a war over an island that does not belong to them right? An island that their 245yrs old country has no historical connection with.

By the time Chinese troops start dying they won't feel it cause they would see it as a price that is worth it as long as Taiwan is reunified but when American troops start dying over a war that does not concern them Americans at home would start asking their govt questions.

Anyway U.S. always learn the hard way. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't see U.S. defending Taiwan in the event of war with China they can only supply weapons and logistics.