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Maxymilliano:
I see lot of fools here rallying behind Russia, you can't justify the killing of innocent people just because US did the same thing. Glad you don't have the say in all this sanctions, so continue barking

No one is justifying killings, what's being said is that Fifa should have taken the same measures against America and NATO countries for even worse actions

From alot of comments, you can tell why Africa is at the bottom rungs of the global ladder. It's citizens are conquered pawns, no leadership among the youth especially

smh

Lamasta:
Putin putting Russians in bad light in the global stage with his stubbornness

Global stage controlled by who?

Fifa should have a vote of all its member states and if they choose so, then Russia should be banned, if not, few countries shouldn't impose it's will on a global representative body like FIFA

frog12:
you know iraq was a poor army. you know america only invades poor countries

In a capitalist economy, the rich have no mercy for the poor

The above is America and its allies mindset and it tranalates to their actions abroad, including oppressing poor countries

TrueNigerian300:
You are absolutely right geo-politics is dictated by interests but people who have been brainwashed think it's all about moral. Just like you said the America has no moral standing to condemn Russia. Guys use your brains it is all about interests to both parties there is nothing like right or wrong in their dictionary.

I don't even know why people are aligning themselves with any of these countries, the fact is that America, Russia or whoever wouldn't hesitate to devastate Nigeria if it served their intersts

koning:
Wrong. The search for weapons of mass destruction was triggered by the accusation that Iraq and Saddam hussein were harbouring and sponsoring world wide terrorist aimed at attacking the West.


Ever wondered why ISIS set up their first ever Islamic state in Iraq? Proved to be true.

Tony blair just recently apologised to Iraqis for his role in the Invasion and admitted they had no basis for the invasion

Saddam was known to be in complete control of Iraq and it's well known that al-qaeda wasn't in Iraq until after the invasion

Isis' nucleus was formed at Camp Bucca set up by the Americans as a prison for captured fighters. America's invasion directly facilitated Isis' rise

Saddam's government had been under US sanctions for years and wasn't strong enough to be a threat to the west in anyway. His presence in Iraq kept everyone within the country incheck

America's invasion pitted the Sunnis against the Shia and that escalated problems. It also enabled Iran which previously was kept at bay by Saddam, to spread its influence in Iraq further destabilizing the country

America trained and armed Shia militias to counteract the Sunni insurgents

please don't try to revise history

oluwaseyi0:
There is only one question I want to ask about people supporting Putin

Let's say in the next 200years+ so many things have changed and for whatsoever reason the then Russia wants to join NATO do you think neighboring countries say Ukraine should invade Russian and kill Russians for attempting to join NATO (or the then NATO version)?

Don't say the scenario is impossible because 100years ago during the WW2, most people then will probably not be able to believe that Germany will become tight friends and reliable allies with UK, US, and the rest of Europe just as we have it now

Do you think Ukraine should be the one to be deciding for the then Russia who/what they can join and what they cannot join

was America's 20year occupation of Afghanistan justified?

was Iraq's invasion justified?

Is America's continued support and protection of Isreal against accountability for atrocities against Palestinians justified?

Is the West's unwavering backing of Egypt's Sisi despite truncating democracy, carrying out a coup, killing protesters and foisting a dictatorship justified?

Is America's support and enabling of Saudi actions in Yemen justified?

Are the daily drone killings by America's C.I.A justified, especially when you consider that civilians are mostly the casualties

My point is, this is geo-politics, morality doesn't dictate it. America and its allies have no moral standing to criticize Russia's actions....they've done much worse and are still doing far worse

koning:
I have read comments from some pro-Russian m.orons here trying to compare what Putin and Russia are doing in Ukraine with what the USA and West Europe did in Iraq or Afganistan. There is absolutely no basis for comparism. Putin launched a totally unprovoked attack on Ukraine. Like a power drunk bully, who opted to attack another country just for the heck of it and because he can.

Now, before America went into Iraq and Afganistan, nearly 3000 US and world citizens were killed in New York city( World Trade Center) by an 'intercontinental ballistic missile' disguised as a commercial airplane which struck a civilian building killing almost 3000 people. Totally unproved and unexpected. Another one was launched at the American defence HQ(Pentagon).

President Bush had every reason to seek out those that attacked his country and citizens and destroy them.

Ukraine did not even throw a stone at Russia. Putin just thought he would and should just annex it. The world must not condone that.

America's invasion of Iraq wasn't a retaliation for 9/11, it was based on a lie of Saddam Hussein owning Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMDs)

Iraq was completely destroyed due to propaganda, an intelligence they(the west) knew to be false

Putin has done nothing compared to America and it's allies, even though they're all imperialists

The outcry is merely because Ukrainians are white Europeans and it also serves as more propaganda against Russia

If there was fairness, America and all NATO countries would've have been banned from Fifa and other sporting competitions

Datboredberri:
Shut up!

Women didn't start this stupid war... The male ego did...

A man forced his fellow men to fight a war started by he and another man and the other world leaders who are men...

The casualties include women

The bombs don't discriminate

Raspberries:
I don't get it... You're upset because women don't want to fight a war started by men?

Why don't Nigerians want to fight the Russians?


If you're not responsible, why should you suffer for it?

The world wouldn't be peaceful? Alright...

So keep fighting... Don't complain...

Rich men start wars... Poor men die...

Fine by us...

I know you're being coy but i gotta point out, the missiles kill all genders

obembet:
There is questions I want to ask our religion brothers and sisters here..

Please can someone educate me why God allow all this suffering? Watching innocent children suffering, watching wicked man Killing the unharmed people, watch wicked one living longer in wealthy life?

Geni Sani abachi is one the most wicked man we have in this country, after his death, his 4th generation can never be so poor like adenuga or adeleke, look at the wicked people In North sponsor boko Haram and bandits, they are enjoying life, according to the history, Gumi father enjoying life more than anyone in North. Look at Buhari, Putin, Africa slavery... etc. Why God is watching all this people without any action on them. This people nare living longer and leave inheritance for the generations to come

Don't you think wicked are enjoying life then good people?

Please correct me with fact if am wrong.

God sent down His laws, which if followed, would have prevented all this

Mankind is suffering because mankind rejected God

God gave freewill and by implication, it means people can disobey His word. If they couldn't disobey, then there's no freewill, hence the purpose of Judgement Day, which is to hold all to account

I'm a muslim and muslims believe that life in its entirety is just a trial and a struggle

Heaven isn't on earth, here, bad things will happen

saphiere:
Men are disgusting.

God forbid

You've stated on this forum some traumatic things you've been through at the hands of some men

Even though you're not entirely faultless, you need to free your present from your past, you need a change of perspective on life

BKayy:
First is Onitsha, second is Aba, third is still Onitsha.
So it is confirmed, only Igboland can have such structures.

No offense to the other loud but backward region. The other co-backward region doesn't make as much noise as the first.

God bless Alaigbo/Anaigbo/An'igbo. Choose your dialect and recieve the blessing in your grandfather's tongue.

Enjoy your structure filled region, trust me, no one is dragging it with you

It was claimed that gender equality was about stamping out discrimination, now it's about erasing gender identity, because they've realised that having different genders means having differences and in their small minds, acknowledging differences = discrimination

smh

Freadah:
The world is really changing

More like an agenda is being pushed

Lovethaa:
Okay so I decided to date again but this preety cutvy lady I just met said she's scaree of dating me because women will not let me rest and she is a jealous type... I looked at myself and am like is that really true...




Guys am I that cute ?

A man's cuteness is his manliness, don't be a sissy

Ladycewhy:
a western inspired feminist was the same one that stopped the killing of twins ,that same one is the reason I was allowed go to school is the same reason many tribes are doing away with fgm even though some coconut heads still practice it and a lot more.


African women have always been considered backbone ,yet they were the most sort after for human sacrifice, maltreated as widows, denied inheritance , not allowed to have an education and lots more , so much for being regarded as the backbone .


I just don't want to assume you are implying that Africa civilized the west with the bolded sha . Thst will be like showing someone the way and not knowing the way to take yourself

You do know that for every injustice against women anywhere in the world, there are tons more against men right? The difference is that women blame men for everything they experienced, as well as all negative decisions they take. That's why there's a popular belief even in the West that 'a woman's kryptonite is accountability'

As for African women being the backbone, Africa has never been homogenous, we never had a monoculture. The above examples you mentioned weren't widespread, in the overall context, they were minority cases

The West's biggest power is soft power i.e the ingraining in the minds of people the illusion of its supremacy and clearly, they've done a number on you

InfinityFabric:
Where did you get it tho ? You can't just make blanket statements. What you're describing is Black Pill.
And woman wrote the "The Manipulated Man" duh!

Feminism just want the good things men worked for without responsibilities. Plus feminism is good for Corporations as they make money.
What we refer as Red Pill (knowing nature of women and acting accordingly) has been in existence since mankind.
I don't think you've studied anything about the subject

Redpill is a pill i once swallowed and chewed out. There's some truths in it, but alot of it is farfetched as well, especially because it skews males perceptions of females

Be honest with yourself, for what purpose does redpill enlighten men about female nature?

Redpillers don't/hardly respect females due to the knowledge

Ladycewhy:
The center can no longer home because the ones bestowed with the responsibility of bearing the burden to keep a home together have seen that it's not feasible. Even the bible gave that responsibility to women alone " a virtuous woman keeps her home" and have let men off the hook so easily.

Even traditions have not spared women either ,now that this generation have breathing space and have the perogative to either shoulder that burden or not and not coerced by religion or traditions it's a problem. How about you tell men to step up ? No? That will be breaking the bro code? .

Africa lost it's self after colonisation , everything about you is western influence.Save for western influence we would have still been in the dark ages. If the status quo was favourable it won't need change same way traditional like killing of twins and other barbaric cultures needed to be changed.


And yes I will gloat about it, if not for western influence I probably won't have had an education or even have to privilege to be on this forum. If for nothing I am grateful for the people that stood their grounds for the girl child to be allowed to have an education .

women alone being responsible for keeping the home together makes no sense. Marriage consists of a husband and wife, maybe you need a re-evaluation of your views on marriage

As far as i know, marriage has never been compulsory, either religiously or traditionally, so women choosing not to marry isn't a new concept

I should tell men to step up? How about everyone hold themselves accountable. You hold yourselves accountable and men do same

If not for Western influence, we'd still be in the dark ages? who 'civilised' the West? What makes you think you needed Western help in the first place? In this same sophisticated West, people are debating if genders exist, all it takes for a man to be a woman is to declare so and you think all is wrong with African society?

Are you aware that in traditional African societies, women have ruled empires? Some of those women have inspired some iconic TV characters that are famous in the West? Google the inspiration for Xena warrior princess

African women have always been considered the backbone of African society, Africa gave you the very same Leadership on a platter of gold that feminism seeks for Western women today

Be a Western inspired feminist all you want, just don't deride Africa to justify it

P.S

I don't hate the West, just questioning the foundations you base your views on

InfinityFabric:
Red Pill (about intersexual dynamics):

the red pill is the transition from your old life, from what you used to think about women,
to where you are right now and how you're gonna live your life in the future.

Feminism is hatred of men from the start. You can look at the books :

- The legal subjection of men
- The Manipulated Man
- Hazards of being male: surviving the myth of masculine privilege

NO, they are not two sides of the same coin, one empower, the other deludes.
Perhaps you're talking about Black Pill

Redpill casts men as victims of female antics and seeks to empower them

Feminism sees women as victims of male antics and seeks to empower them

No difference by definition

Ladycewhy:
lol sensible is subjective based on human perspective.

If you call it non-sensible for a person not to ignore red flags or stay put in a marriage just to be a Mrs or stay for the children ,then that's your personal opinion.

I think the things that used to hold most marriages together in the past , religion and traditions are gradually loosing their grip on people .

First of all, the irresponsibility goes both ways. For a marriage to fail, there must be a breakdown of the fabric i.e the center will no longer hold. This can be putdown to a severing of the bond between the spouses

By saying what you said in your first paragraph, you've admitted women are largely responsible for the breakdown of relationships today

Many of you women look down on your mothers as weak women and look upon your fathers as villains. This mindset only makes you toxic and unable to keep relationships

You're indirectly justifying women's culpability in destroying relationships by hinting that men have traditionally been awful to women, hence, the need to push back against men

Feminism and redpill are two sides of the same coin, neither empower, rather they both delude

As for your second paragraph, religions and traditions aren't being abandoned, rather, they're being replaced by Western religions and traditions...there's nothing happening now that hasn't been a mainstay in Western countries, but unfortunately, Nigerians aren't well read enough to know it's devastating effects on those same societies, neither are they willing to learn

Before you gloat, read up on previous civilisations, the first step to the destruction of any civilisation is the erosion of societal values and the West is no exception to that rule

Read up on the fast decline of Western power and influence globally. Unfortunately, before we realise this, we'd have done irreparable damage to ourselves

Ladycewhy:
welcome to the woke generation ,things will only go down hill from here.

More like confused generation

let them keep sliding down, it'll hasten the rise of a sensible one in their place

It's baffling how this generation's genders focus on each other to the point of fixation, yet relationships are more prone to breaking than at any time known in time

Men have nothing to talk about but women, women have nothing to talk about but men, yet, they can't seem to co-exist in stable relationships

The irony

Jennyclay:
YES!!

These are the 3 things I have vowed never to do.

1. Staying in a man's house over night.
2. Doing abortion
3. Sleeping with a married man.

And it's has helped grow to become a better and stronger woman.

Does it mean you can have protected sex with an unmarried guy whether in the daytime or at night, so long as you won't sleepover?

empressSkincare:
I don't support women putting their career on hold cos of their children. There should be a way a balance can be made between the two.

Naaa....one has to give

Career women are a norm in the west but the 'balance' still remains elusive.

Why should anyone brag about sex?

Cantonese:
Terrorist activities in Mali date back to the 60s but by 2013 under the then President Traore, Mali requested the help of the French government led by Hollande. The problem was the Tuareg claiming Azawad and carving out a part of the country as their own, along with other terrorist groups not almost totally overran the country, but made the country a hotbed for arms smuggling, drugs and human trafficking.

I keep wondering how it became neo colonialism. Maybe people do not know what it means. Upon the crisis and the humanitarian crisis, the UN waded into the country, but do not forget that many peace keepers lost their lives. The French had a force of 3,000 men. They were able to push back the Tuaregs and their Islamic collaborators and at least secure the country.

Despite the efforts of France with 3,000 men and the UN with 13,000 men, Islamists have continued to spread violence. The 5 countries of the Sahel region have collaborated to curtail the spread of terror by these groups, without much success.

With the little time they had when they took over parts of the country, the Tuaregs introduced Sharia in its extreme form and it was resisted before the French arrived.

I am sorry to say, Islamists seem to hide under the cloak of the religion to spread evil. If you talk of neo colonialism, you can refer to them.

As for the French when you talk of neo colonialism, you talk about installing a puppet and economic exploitation by the colonialist. Can we say that was the case?

You have it wrong, the Azawad movement was a nationalist movement propelled by years of injustice and non-accountability of French companies' along with their Government collaborators exploitative activities on Touareg territory

The French companies with Government backing extracted uranium which caused serious health problems for the Touareg, as well as altering/damaging their way of life which directly threatened their livelihoods.

Touareg are nomadic and the mining activities killed off their animals and people. The Touareg were also left in severe poverty, not benefitting from the wealth being extracted either by way of employment, or economic gains

The Touareg initiated a rebellion restricted to their lands, but it was problematic for France due to the huge uranium deposits there

The French knew they couldn't take on the Touaregs directly because they had legit grievances and taking them on militarily would mean having to take accountability for crimes against them

To counter this, the French allowed jihadi groups that they had kept at bay, free rein, unopposed, to counter the Touareg. The al-qaeda group fought and overpowered the Touareg groups and this gave France justification to militarily intervene inorder to stop a 'jihadist takeover' of the country

It's all political manipulations by the French for nothing but securing their interests

obedience4:
Well for starters you seems like an intelligent guy..
Well am disappointed that you would support a coup..
For you to think that a coup is the best way forward baffles me.. Democracy and its fundamentals remains and will be the best form of government.. Military men has no business with government.. Throughout history we all know how military junta looks like in Africa , cases of human right violations, killings, suppressing the press.. And so forth..
The final question the vacuum left by the French soliders can the mailan army fill it.. The question the military junta raised was that the army's was not prepared and didn't have sufficient training..
And then you forced your major arms aid giver..
In the end the innocent Malian citizenry will pay when the insurgency rises... Make no mistake it will raise.. Insurgency feeds on unstable government..

The Malian military has penned a deal with russia or more specifically Russian mercenaries, the Wagner group, who have already deployed and are training the Malian forces

Secondly, yes military coups have been disastrous for Africa, but if a transition from a military based Government can be Malian led, that'll be a right step in the right direction

Thirdly, what Malians want more than anything is stability and security before all else and the erstwhile political crisis in the country severely undermined that

Despite historical failings of military governance in Africa, military men don't politicise security, they instead prioritise it

baralatie:
This is pure falsehood about somalia

Educate me

baralatie:
This is pure falsehood about somalia

Educate me

obedience4:
The same Malian government that requested for Russia mercenaries ..they are just switching sides from the west to Russia and China.. Because Western powers won't deal with a military junta's but the communist Russia and China will..
A country were a military man declared himself president you said is going in the right direction just wait and see

Did Africans make democracy so sacrosanct or were we pressured into adopting such?

The coup was a popular one, it was widely welcomed

France was there for 13years, what was the result?

Africans are not stupid to be clueless on how to govern themselves, Europeans aren't interested in the stability and well being of Africa and that's why the people need to protect their interests from a suitable position

Forget all that talk of us needing them more than they need us, they need resources contained in Africa and the sooner we realise we have strong bargaining chips, the better for us

obedience4:
The thing about some African countries is they feel they are too big.. We keep complaining about wester powers.. Yet their aid is what is keeping us aloft.. Without the HIV aid from the west people will be dieing in droves in Africa.. Look at malaria situation if not for the west.. See the west are not that perfect but we need them.. Look at Somalia.. When fara adid was killing people the West interven. These same Mali 4 years ago the Islamic jihadist took over the Nation even took control of the capital if not for the multinational force spear headed by France Mali today will have a breeding grounds for terrorist.. .. People on niaraland are shouting the French should leave.. Look at Somalia, south Sudan see the famine on biblical scale what as the AU done, it is still the foreign aid that is keeping the country..

The same France weakened Mali to the point of being at the mercy of different groups

Azawad separatists initially overran territory before the al-qaeda factions did. The Malian state was too unstable and weak to counteract any challenge propping up, due to years of French exploitation

Leave the Malians to determine their fate and decide for themselves, even though they still have a very long way to go before they completely decolonise, this is a major start

In Somalia, after decades of conflict, the Somalis formed a Government led by the Islamic Courts Union. They held sway for some months and managed to preserve peace and stability. Somalis were hopeful for a new dawn, but unfortunately, a U.S supported invasion by Ethiopia upturned that hope and the aftermath is what we're witnessing today

we have a law against this shit

The Government should be more stringent in enforcing it, Nairaland should tread with caution or risk being shutdown