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Christianity EtcRe: Remains Of Prophet T. B. Joshua Arrive Scoan For Lying-in-state [photos] by dermmy(m):
Rest on sir
Christianity EtcRe: GOD Is Angry With The Wicked Everyday.(Psalm 7:11) by dermmy(m): 10:06am On Jul 06, 2021
God is not angry with the wicked. This is an old testament thinking. God actually dealt with sinners in the old testament in order to let them know he doesn't condone sin. Had it been God decided to stand aloof while they were sinning they wouldn't have known that sin is against God's nature. They wouldn't have known sin as a destructive force the main reason God gave them the law.

Romans 5:13-14

[13](For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

[14]Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

You can't be angry with them and be calling them to repentance at the same time.

Ephesians 2:4-6

[4]But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

[5]even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

[6]and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

How many of your sins did God punish you for before you became a born again?
Foreign AffairsRe: US Forces Leave Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase After 20 Years by dermmy(op):
mysticwarrior:
have you noticed that the Americans always flee from battles, the fled from Vietnam, Fled from Mogadishu, and now they are fleeing from Afghanistan, what a shame.
As in eh grin... Afghan military is even lamenting that America left over night without informing them. It came as a rude shock.
Foreign AffairsRe: US Forces Leave Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase After 20 Years by dermmy(op): 7:31am On Jul 06, 2021
Afghanistan Soldiers flee to Tajikistan after Taliban clashes:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57720103
PhonesRe: Whatsapp Warns Over GB WhatsApp That Mimics Features & Could Leave You Blocked by dermmy(m): 6:48pm On Jul 05, 2021
inoki247:
Me I even see people using GBWhatsApp as Bandits....


Na dem go dey comment on status wey u don delete nd the post u ar about to make tomorrow.....
Lmaoooooo grin grin
PoliticsRe: Soyinka: FG Kidnapped Nnamdi Kanu — His Arrest Was Wrong by dermmy(m): 1:31pm On Jul 05, 2021
Well said. Thank you great man.
Foreign AffairsRe: US Forces Leave Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase After 20 Years by dermmy(op): 5:12pm On Jul 03, 2021
seunny4lif:
Tried ke?
Same USA that funded the Talibans to fight the USSR.
After 20 years the Talibans are getting stronger
U.S shouldn't have stayed this long in Afghanistan. It's like America loves foreign entanglement lol. They failed to learn from USSR's mistake.
Foreign AffairsRe: US Forces Leave Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase After 20 Years by dermmy(op):
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Foreign AffairsRe: US Forces Leave Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase After 20 Years by dermmy(op): 5:27pm On Jul 02, 2021
Hanibbal:
Who won the 20yrs war? U.S or Taliban? Like for Taliban and share for U. S
Taliban of course.
Foreign AffairsUS Forces Leave Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase After 20 Years by dermmy(op): 1:50pm On Jul 02, 2021
Withdrawal a clear indication that the last of 2,500-3,500 US troops have left Afghanistan or are nearing a departure.

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-07-02T063951Z_1410667376_RC26CO9J8QQO_RTRMADP_3_USA-AFGHANISTAN-BAGRAM.jpg?resize=770%2C513

After nearly 20 years, the United States military has left Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase, the epicentre of its war to remove the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaeda perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks, two US officials have said.

The airbase was handed over to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in its entirety, they said on Friday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to release the information to the media, The Associated Press reported.

One of the officials also said the US top commander in Afghanistan, General Austin S Miller, “still retains all the capabilities and authorities to protect the forces”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_98Z32T.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513

At its peak, Bagram airbase saw more than 100,000 US troops pass through its sprawling compound 50km (30 miles) north of capital, Kabul.

An Afghan official said the base would be officially handed over to the government at a ceremony on Saturday, Reuters news agency reported.

The withdrawal from the airbase is the clearest indication that the last of the 2,500-3,500 US troops have left Afghanistan or are nearing a departure, months ahead of President Joe Biden’s promise that they would be gone by September 11.

It was clear soon after the mid-April announcement that the US was ending its “forever war,” that the departure of US soldiers and their estimated 7,000 NATO allies would be nearer to July 4, when the country celebrates its Independence Day.

Most NATO soldiers have already exited Afghanistan as of this week.

Announcements from several countries analysed by The Associated Press show that a majority of European troops left with little ceremony – a stark contrast to the dramatic and public show of force and unity when NATO allies lined up to back the US invasion in 2001.

The US has refused to say when the last of its soldiers would leave Afghanistan, citing security concerns, but also the protection of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport that is still being negotiated. Turkish and US soldiers currently protect the airport.

The US will also have about 6,500 troops in Afghanistan to protect its sprawling embassy in the capital. Their presence it is understood will be covered in a bilateral agreement with the Afghan government.

The US and NATO leaving Afghanistan come as Taliban fighters make strides in several parts of the country, overrunning dozens of districts and overwhelming the beleaguered Afghan Security Forces.

In a worrying development, the government has resurrected militias with a history of brutal violence to assist the Afghan security forces.

‘Taliban at the door of Kabul’

At what had all the hallmarks of a final press conference, General Miller this week warned that continued violence risked a civil war in Afghanistan that should have the world worried.

Last month, Biden told his Afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, that “Afghans are going to have to decide their future, what they want”.

Ghani said his job was now to “manage the consequences” of the US withdrawal.

The agreement with the Taliban on the US pullout was struck under the administration of former President Donald Trump.

In exchange for the US withdrawal, the Taliban has vowed to prevent any armed group from launching international attacks from the Afghan soil.

The group has also made a commitment to enter into talks with their Afghan rivals but little progress has been made in negotiations.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Faiz Zaland, political commentator and professor at Kabul University, said the pulling out of US troops is “a bit hasty in the current situation because we don’t have peace on the ground”.

“The withdrawal is happening right at a time when the Taliban is at the door of Kabul,” he said.

“There are severe and harsh fights going on all over the country. More than 80 districts have fallen into the hands of the Taliban in the past one month,” he said, calling June “the deadliest month for Afghan forces in the past two decades”.

Zaland said the US is making an “irresponsible exit” by leaving before an intra-Afghan peace deal has been finalised.

“It does seem likely that the country might be heading towards a civil war,” he told Al Jazeera.

Rife with symbolism

The US departure is rife with symbolism. Not least that it is the second time that an invader of Afghanistan has come and gone through Bagram.

The former Soviet Union built the airfield in the 1950s. When it invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to back a communist government, it turned it into its main base from which it would defend its occupation of the country.

For 10 years, the Soviets fought the US-backed “mujahideen”, dubbed freedom fighters by the then President Ronald Reagan, who saw them as a front-line force in one of the last Cold War battles.

When the US and NATO inherited Bagram in 2001, they found it in ruins, a collection of crumbling buildings, gouged by rockets and shells, most of its perimeter fence wrecked.

It had been abandoned after being battered in the battles between the Taliban and rival warlords fleeing to their northern enclaves.

The enormous base has two runways. The most recent, at 12,000 feet (3,660 metres) long, was built in 2006 at a cost of $96m. There are 110 revetments, which are basically parking spots for aircraft, protected by blast walls.

GlobalSecurity, a security think-tank, says Bagram includes three large hangars, a control tower and numerous support buildings.

The base has a 50-bed hospital with a trauma bay, three operating theatres and a modern dental clinic. Another section houses a prison, nortorious and feared among Afghans.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/2/us-bagram-airbase-afghanistan-taliban

Cc: lalasticlala mynd44

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Tests S-400 Missiles In Crimea Amid Tensions With Ukraine by dermmy(op):
BinamRex:
It was a typo. I meant to say "Ukraine won't be admitted into NATO until it has met certain conditions.

Russia has tried to join NATO on two occasions in the past, but it was rejected. Russia tried to join in 1954 and in 1991. You can google it if you doubt me.

When Russia proposed to join NATO in 1954 and was rejected, it formed the Warsaw Pact.
This is not true. Why would Russia a superpower try to join NATO in 1954 when the cold war had started already. Can a Communist power mingle with Capitalist power during the cold War by joining NATO? Russia never tried to join NATO during and after the cold War. The only time Russia hinted at joining NATO was in 1996 under Boris Yeltsin. Vladimir Putin Hinted at that too in year 2002.

Not that Russia tried to join NATO, those two leaders said so because the relationship between NATO and Russia after the cold War was cordial until 2004 when NATO brought in the Baltic states. They cooperated over so many issues. Have you heard about the

North Atlantic Cooperation Council
Partnership for Peace
NATO-Russia Founding Act


These are post cold War platforms initiated by Russia and NATO to promote trust and further peaceful relations among themselves.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Tests S-400 Missiles In Crimea Amid Tensions With Ukraine by dermmy(op):
Plead:
Ukraine has more value and will be more significant to NATO than the Baltic States they admitted. Aside Poland,the other Baltic States/countries are literally insignificant and irrelevant to NATO's goals.
What's left? Crimea is gone. Putin outsmarted them by grabbing Crimea that would have hosted NATO's naval base. What is Ukraine's annual military budget? I'm very sure NATO isn't ready to bring in Ukraine. If they had wanted to they would have done that years back after Russia took Crimea. It's 7 years now Ukraine is still pleading to join the alliance. The only help they have been rendering is military supplies and financial assistance. NATO does not want any confrontation with Russia over Ukraine it does not worth it.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Tests S-400 Missiles In Crimea Amid Tensions With Ukraine by dermmy(op):
Plead:
If NATO really wants to admit Ukraine, they'll do it. Whatever the fvck Russia says won't be listened to.
Ukraine hasn't met certain requirements that's why they're yet to be admitted not because of Russia.
Forget that narrative. NATO in its annual summit in Bucharest in 2008 had finalized the plan to bring Georgia and Ukraine into the alliance but the result of that plan was Russia's invasion of Georgia. That invasion alone derailed Georgia and Ukraine's membership process. Moldova another country planning to join NATO is finding it difficult because Russia has troops stationed in Transnistria, Moldova.

NATO understands what Russia can do if they take any further step to expand towards Russia so they are trying to avoid a confrontation with Russia. It doesn't worth it going toe to toe with Russia over some countries that don't have much significance to NATO.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Tests S-400 Missiles In Crimea Amid Tensions With Ukraine by dermmy(op): 5:27pm On Jun 29, 2021
seunny4lif:
If Ukraine enter NATO then Ukraine will lose all the eastern Ukraine because they are Russians and 70% of them already own Russia passport.
Germany, France and Italy are kicking against Ukraine joining NATO because they know better.
So, you think if Ukraine attack Eastern Ukraine, Russia will be watching? If Ukraine and Georgia don’t fit their border problems, they can’t join NATO or EU, that’s the rule.
If Ukraine try nonsense just like Georgia tried it with Russia and They will lose even more land to Russia.
Thank you. @ the bolded

At the outset NATO countries in western Europe kicked against the idea of admitting former eastern bloc countries into NATO but uncle Sam wouldn't listen. France, Britain, and Germany reluctantly acquiesced to the inclusion of Baltic states into NATO in 2004. During the last NATO summit Jens Stoltenberg still stressed the strain of bringing in countries that are insignificant to NATO's established aims.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Tests S-400 Missiles In Crimea Amid Tensions With Ukraine by dermmy(op):
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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Tests S-400 Missiles In Crimea Amid Tensions With Ukraine by dermmy(op):
emae009:
Ukraine should just become a member of NATO and all these aggressive behavior will cease to exist.
Ukraine with a US-led NATO military base. grin

Russia would never want to see that happen though
NATO is not ready to take Ukraine into the fold.
Foreign AffairsRussia Tests S-400 Missiles In Crimea Amid Tensions With Ukraine by dermmy(op): 2:32pm On Jun 29, 2021
A day after NATO and Ukraine began Black Sea military exercises, Moscow announces it has tested Crimean air defence systems.

Russia has reportedly tested the readiness of its air defence systems in Crimea, an apparent show of force as Ukraine and NATO countries hold military drills in the Black Sea as part of their Sea Breeze 2021 exercise.

Russia deployed about 20 warplanes and helicopters, including Su-24M bombers, as well as S-400 and Pantsir surface-to-air missile systems in the tests, Interfax reported on Tuesday, citing Russia’s Black Sea fleet.

It was not clear when the tests took place.

“The Black Sea Fleet is doing a number of things to monitor the actions of ships from NATO and other countries taking part in Sea Breeze 2021,” the National Defence Management Centre said in a statement.

Russia had called for the military exercises, which have taken place 21 times since 1997, to be cancelled and the Russian defence ministry has said it will react if necessary to ensure national security.

Sea Breeze 2021, which began on Monday, will last two weeks and involve about 5,000 military personnel from NATO member states and other allies of the transatlantic security alliance.

The United States Marine Corps will take part, as will about 30 US ships and 40 aircraft, including the missile destroyer USS Ross.

Ukrainian navy commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa said during an opening ceremony in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa that the exercises would send a “powerful message to maintain stability and peace in our region.”

Ukraine is an ally of NATO, but not a member.

Moscow warns US, UK against ‘tempting fate’

Russia on Monday denounced “the scale and aggressiveness” of the drills which “hardly contribute to security in the Black Sea region”.

The military exercises and Russian tests come amid soaring tensions between Moscow and Western powers.

The situation deteriorated further last week over a disputed Black Sea incident on June 23 between Russia and the United Kingdom.

Moscow said it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British warship, HMS Defender, to chase it out of Black Sea waters off the coast of Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Moscow considers Crimea Russian territory, but the peninsula is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine which wants it back.

The UK rejected Russia’s account of the incident, and has claimed its Royal Navy destroyer was making a routine journey through an internationally recognised travel lane and had remained in Ukrainian waters near Crimea.

Any shots fired were a preannounced Russian “gunnery exercise”, and no bombs were dropped, the UK said.

Later, Moscow warned NATO members the UK and the US against “tempting fate” by sending warships to the Black Sea, and said it would defend its borders using all possible means including military force.

The latest frictions add to a list of disputes between Moscow and Western powers.

The two sides are divided on a range of issues, including the situation in Ukraine, where government forces have battled Russian-backed separatists in the country’s war-torn east since 2014, Belarus, human rights, arms control, election interference, cyber-hacking and the role played by NATO in European affairs.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/29/russia-tests-crimean-defence-systems-amid-sea-breeze-drills

Foreign AffairsRe: Man,26, Beheaded In Saudi Arabia For Taking Part In Anti-government Protests by dermmy(m): 10:09am On Jun 17, 2021
U.S won't see this. undecided
Foreign AffairsRe: American Weed Company Looking To Pay An Intern To Sample Their Over 600 Products by dermmy(m): 8:01am On Jun 07, 2021
Slawormiir won't you apply? grin
Christianity EtcRe: How Has Prophet TB Joshua's Ministry Touched Your Life? by dermmy(m):
I'll never forget his teachings on Love, charity and service to mankind. His humility and silence in the face of criticism and persecution from other jealous pastors who don't like the grace of God upon his life.

The beauty of life is not how happy you are but how happy others are because of you. - Prophet T. B Joshua

In all these things we are more than conquerors. Rest on great man of GOD.
PoliticsRe: “I’m Deeply Saddened” – Femi Fani-Kayode Confirms TB Joshua’s Death by dermmy(m): 6:53am On Jun 06, 2021
For me to live is Christ and to die is gain. Rest on great man of God.
Foreign AffairsRe: The Disintegrated States Of America by dermmy(m): 11:13am On Jun 01, 2021
michresakidjo:
You are the one being emotional here. The fact that, It has never been a practice for democracy to display their armaments in grand and elaborate style unlike a show off of military capabilities as revisionist states do,
It is a show of Inferiority Complex.
U.S missile intercept test failed 3 days ago.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-fails-intercept-test-missile-target-2021-05-29/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/military-weapon-system-test-fails-intercept-target-77980936&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjev7iClvbwAhWyRkEAHfIrBaYQFjABegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3AUSW0JyDhaRDVAqnICo4y

Do you now get what Martyanov was explaining in scully95 post by saying U.S lags behind Russia in air defence system and hypersonic technology? The Yemeni Houthis have proved to the world that U.S defence systems are unreliable. You should understand why U. S allies are even gunning for Russia's S-400.
Foreign AffairsRe: The Disintegrated States Of America by dermmy(m):
michresakidjo:
You are the one being emotional here. The fact that, It has never been a practice for democracy to display their armaments in grand and elaborate style unlike a show off of military capabilities as revisionist states do,
It is a show of Inferiority Complex.
No. It's not a show of inferiority complex. When a nation displays its armaments to show off its capabilities it is passing a message to adversaries.

There are two types of deterrence

Deterrence by denial
Deterrence by punishment


When a nation practices deterrence by denial it is demonstrating to an adversary that it will not achieve its goals if it attacks. That is why countries like North Korea, China, Iran, Russia display their military might.

But if the adversary is now bold enough to attack you. A nation can now activate Deterrence by punishment which aims to convince the adversary that even if it attacks it will suffer a devastating retaliation. That was what Iran did when it hammered U.S bases in Iraq with ballistic missiles injuring over 100 U.S troops after U.S killed their top General in a drone attack.

Iran had been testing and parading those missiles for years uncle Sam thought Iran was parading toys they now gave Iran the opportunity to test the efficacy and accuracy of those missiles on their head in a real war scenario.

Those countries you call revisionist states understand what they are doing. And the truth is America lags behind Russia and China when it comes to hypersonic technology. Do more research and you'll see. U.S hypersonic weapons test failed last month but Russia and China have been testing them successfully without glitch.

Check the links below to read about the failure of U.S hypersonic weapon test.

https://africa.businessinsider.com/us-air-force-hypersonic-weapon-test-ended-in-failure-after-the-missile-failed-to/epgkdqy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/07/air-force-hypersonic-missile/

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/06/politics/air-force-hypersonic-missile-test/index.html
Foreign AffairsRe: Isreal The God's Nation by dermmy(m): 9:11am On May 12, 2021
kingbee90:
Na who dash you Christian?? Oga be proud of your true religion joor! You are not a Christian but an Afonja muslim because I have done my research on you.
OK I am an Afonja Muslim. Are you satisfied now?
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel Destroys 13-Storey Building In Gaza (Photos, Video) by dermmy(m): 8:09am On May 12, 2021
CelestineNelson:
If you want to have a full understanding of this crisis in middle east, is only one book I will recommend. Blood in the sand by Benny hinn.
Where it starts
Where we are
Where is going to end
Go read that book even if you are a Muslim.
You need a deep understanding of this crisis ...you will understand that this earth centered crisis
Pastor Benny Hinn wrote crap in that book. He was so biased in his analysis. I won't recommend that book to anyone who is thirsty for knowledge.
RomanceRe: I Am The Most Handsome Man On Nairaland by dermmy(m):
Nairalanders sabi drag person grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Isreal The God's Nation by dermmy(m): 7:36am On May 12, 2021
kmcutez:
You better go put knowledge into that fish brain of yours instead of regurgitating nonsense.
You even have time to lecture fishbrians. Everyone who has done a thorough research understands that this artificial Israel has no connection with the Israel in the Christian Bible. Even Israeli historians of international repute have been telling the truth for years. They have challenged their fake country for the continued ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians yet some people won't just take time to read and get knowledge into their fish brains.

I am a Christian but I won't trade intellectualism for bigotry. All these guys supporting Israel for its crime think that's what God says they should do. Why would a loving God support land grabbing and the anhilation of a particular tribe. If Israeli historians are calling their country an artificial/fake state then the opinion of a fishy brain Nigerian does not matter at all.
Christianity EtcRe: GOD Is Speaking To The Earth Through Signs( Pics) by dermmy(m):
No... GOD is not a wicked GOD that would choose destruction to speak to inhabitants of the earth. If HE is calling everyone to repentance and chooses to destroy them through natural disasters then what is now HIS gain? Didn't your Bible tell you that God does not take delight in the death of a sinner?

So why would HE choose death and destruction as a means to convey the message of Life? Or do you think non Christians are the only people who die whenever natural disaster occur. No, born again Christians die too. So are you saying our God also takes delight in destroying the lives of those he has saved already?

The word of God is enough for the world. God speaks to the world through His Word by his anointed ministers not through natural disasters. Stop creating a wrong revelation of God. Reveal him the way he has revealed himself and learn to rightly divide the word of God. You need to work on your theology Mr Righteousness2.
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Adeboye Preaches At ‘Holy Communion Service’ After Son, Dare's Death by dermmy(m): 9:28am On May 07, 2021
inumidun2010:
God ooooo... God help me ooooooo, if an Anointed Man could be afflicted, WHO I BE...
Knowing fully well that this MAN OF GOD have RAISED DEAD PEOPLE... But COULDN'T RAISE HIS OWN SON...
Make God no CALL ME OOOOOO, make I just dey SERVE YOU JEJELY... If Na ESTATE 4 HEAVEN... I go MANAGE
I used to think like this but you don't have to measure your life with what happens to a man of God. Our time has been ordained by God. Adeboye's son has completed his own journey according to what is written of him. Your own life and grace is different from that of Adeboye and his son. So run your own race and be focused if the Lord says you are spending 100yrs here nothing can change it.

And this is not affliction for Adeboye. Affliction is out of it. Don't tell me demons or Satan killed his son.
Foreign AffairsRe: Our Warplanes Can Reach Iran, Israeli Minister Warns Amid Nuclear Talks by dermmy(m):
Privatepart00:
Attack Iran , quit making noise .
They are praying for it and would come to the theatre
Don't mind that artificial state called Israel. The country is just trying to put more pressure on America its puppet so that there won't be a diplomatic breakthrough. They have been threatening a military strike on Iran since 2010 all we have seen them do so far is sabotage operations that have not done anything to stop the giant and diverse nuclear programme of the Islamic Republic.

Anyone who understands the body language of both countries would know that Israel is really scared of Iran. So all their repeated sabre-rattling is just a bluff.
HealthRe: Doctors Please Help: I'm Having Weak Erection by dermmy(m): 5:00pm On Apr 30, 2021
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Foreign AffairsRe: 15 Unknown Facts About Russian President - Vladimir Putin by dermmy(m):
michresakidjo:
16. He lies alot and justify it
Wow... That's why he is adept when it comes to outsmarting his western enemies.

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