SimonAndal: I HATE NIGERIA!!!
No matter the justification (which in this case I'm pretty sure the JTF guys aren't 100% sure the dudes are boko haram), torture is unwarranted, barbaric and inhumane!
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And for those of you applauding, I pray somebody close to you gets accused of terrorism without proof and is tortured like the guys in the picture! In Jesus' Name!

U can never be more western than d Westerners. All these ur borrowed horror changes nothing. Ever heard of Guatanamo Bay? Ever heard of d term 'water-boarding'? How did u think the US got info on Bin Laden if not thru torture?
Abeg park go one side!

Nightshift: Perhaps Aso Rock attack dogs will not allow me. Just lost a great bid for an NNPC job due to such people . So many weird people in Abuja . Too bad, it still pains me....

I know someone who stays with them. He can arrange for u to see GEJ or Madam, or a few other Ministers, plus chf of staff. But it doesn't come cheap. That's d guy's own racket and office.

maclatunji:

See compliment from another adoring fan. #LOL. But where are the others especially Beaf to come and explain all of this away?

Beaf has gotten a better job!

Ess: NLanders are the biggest comedians on earth. When Northern governors rejected state police all hell went loose, but alas GEJ has accepted the fact and we are here saying it is true now.
IBB condemns Buhari and now IBB is a saint! The way NLanders think is beyond my imagination!

Upgrade ur imagination. Ur brain might be running on an older version of OS.

The man that builds his happiness around a woman is fated to be unhappy. To strive to attain a woman's love is futility: it can never be captured by our deeds. It is bestowed on whom she will, and most times, on d most undeserving of men. And so d irony of d matter is dat though a man observe all tenets of love, yet it may be d reason for a woman's disdain. And her love, unsought, may be reposed on he who dedicates no effort to please her!
And I challenge the OP to provide irrefutable proof that the recipe recited above is a foolproof way of winning a woman's heart or increasing her appreciation or love one bit!
The only man who understands women has not yet been born.

tracyxx: My husband is so wonderful, he doesnt even need to read this,becouse he loves me to a fault.Even with more bad habits than what you posted he loves me.He is so lovin n understanding.Huzy you are the best,i really appreciate your love and will nt take it 4 granted.

Ur jazz dey work well be that o! No be clear eye, lai-lai! But pray make d babalawo never die, make d guy eye no clear sharperly!

Doyin Okupe And The Forty Contracts

This article was written and posted on Facebook By Pius Adesanmi
August 24, 2012 - 23:09 —

Nigerian jokes always go too far. Such is the case with President Olusegun Obasanjo’s creation of the character of the pottymouth as presidential spokesperson. If Obasanjo was brash, crude, and obstreperous, he needed characters who took each of those adjectives to superlative levels to abuse the Nigerian people, intimidate imagined enemies of his administration, and reduce public discourse to a curse-fest. Thus it was that Obasanjo went into his foundry and manufactured Doyin Okupe and, later, Femi Fani Kayode in the best tradition of presidential pottymouthing. Tragically for us, both pottymouths have outlived the purposes for which their maker invented and unleashed them on our public sphere. In their enduring rôles as national pottymouths, both men are a typical Nigerian joke gone too far. No surprise therefore that Femi Fani Kayode rushed to town with a ringing endorsement of Doyin Okupe’s second coming as presidential pottymouth. One thief had sniffed the footprints of another on a rock and smelled blood: the blood of the Nigerian public.
 
The return of Doyin Okupe to Aso Rock had all the trappings of a huge joke. Because it was a Nigerian joke, it was just a matter of time before it went too far. I was determined to enjoy the comedy even as I prepared for the inevitability of things going awry. Where to start the delectation of comedy? How about the idea of a raving, hysteric First Lady, ruing Reuben Abati’s incompetence and wishing the Villa would find someone with Sango’s fury to manage her husband’s image and bring down the roof on the Nigerian public? How about the manner in which the two career pottymouths invented by Obasanjo were said to have been initially considered for the job of sharpening Abati’s blunt cutlass before the older of the two got the Villa’s nod?
When I heard that sixty year-old Okupe was returning to his old beat as attack dog for his younger brother and sister, I was in stitches. An old Sunny Ade tune came to mind: “ijekuje m’agbalagba dobale f’omo kekere” (it is gluttony that makes an elder prostrate for a youth). Femi Fani Kayode’s silly self-injection into the matter added to my mirth. Then came the pitiful attempt by Okupe and Reuben Abati to convince the Nigerian people that their duties do not overlap. Enjoying the comedy, I released this statement on my Facebook Wall: “after reading what the two men had to say about their respective job descriptions, I now agree that there is no overlap or duplication of duties. Dr Doyin Okupe's job is to pour water in garri while Dr Reuben Abati's job is to pour garri in water.”
 
Then, the joke went too far and the laughter dried up in my throat. News of Doyin Okupe’s contract scams began to filter to the public. From the ilos of Abakaliki to the lungus of Zungeru via the ojutametas of Abeokuta, if characters exist with visible warts on their moral tableau, President Jonathan has the spectacular talent of fishing them out and insisting that only such characters are to be deployed in the service of the Nigerian people. The more question marks on a CV, the less moral rectitude on a career path, the more allegations and accusations of corruption and other uncatholic behaviour, the better for President Jonathan. If he does not appoint scurrilous characters, he clings to the ones he inherits, no matter the level of national outrage. Witness his clinging to Diezani Alison Madueke, despite the enormous work done by the defunct NEXT newspapers and Premium Times to reveal the level of the woman’s rottenness. Witness his clinging to Arunmah Oteh even when the letter written to reinstate her by his own Secretary to the Government of the Federation grudgingly admitted her incompetence. Witness his clinging to Alhaji Abdullahi Inde Dikko, the ethically-dented and morally-damaged certificate forger who heads the Nigerian customs service. Indeed, corrupt and ethically challenged aides and political appointees are a key part of the décor of President Jonathan’s natural habitat.
 
More than his genius in the pottymouth business, therefore, the moral and ethical warts on Doyin Okupe’s CV must have recommended him highly to a President irrationally attracted to such turpitudes in the profile of his employees. For it would seem that after being ditched by President Obasanjo, our friend, Okupe did not particularly relish the idea of grabbing his stethoscope and returning to the hospital to make an honest day’s pay. You don’t do such things in Nigeria’s political circles. Making an honest day’s pay is incompatible with that environment. You hustle for continuous access to your own share of the “national cake”. The easiest way for these folks is to register phony or bogus companies with the CAC and go hunting and swindling. That is precisely what Okupe did. He went hunting and eventually hammered. He secured a contract worth N1.512 billion in Imo state and another worth N2.303 billion in Benue state, collected handsome mobilization fees on both contracts, and returned to his base singing “maga don pay, shout alleluia”. How he managed to avoid Abeokuta and go all the way to mugu them in Owerri and Makurdi is something we will have to ask veteran yahoo-yahoo boys.
 
Okupe’s fraud is a sad metaphor, a telling window into how we run the mad place called Nigeria and why we are where we find ourselves today. The Nigerian condition is no rocket science. It would defy logic and reason if we ran a country the way we run Nigeria and did not end up a sorry statement on the African continent and black humanity. A medical doctor, whose sole contribution to humanity in the last three decades – after abandoning the stethoscope – is political jobbing of the vilest kind, cobbles together a company and somehow persuades two state governments in Nigeria to award him road construction contracts worth billions! No questions asked about his pedigree; no questions asked about who he is in the construction world, etc. 
 
I am a teacher of literature and culture. Yet, with the right connections and an appropriate degree of sycophancy to the authorities, it is possible for me to register a company in Nigeria, appoint two invisible Americans and two Isreali hustlers on my board, and win the contract to build the space shuttle that would take Nigerian astronauts to space in 2015. After all, our delusional Minister of Science and Technology recently assured us that we would be in space in 2015. A professor of literature could win the contract to build that space shuttle if Tompolo and Mujahid Dokubo Asari haven’t already won the said contract as part of President Jonathan’s national cake reallocation agenda. The Governors who awarded those contracts to Okupe ought to be tied to the stakes and publicly shot by the peoples of Benue and Imo states – after they have been made to refund their respective percentage cuts from Okupe’s mobilization fees.
 
No Nigerian public official caught with his hands in the cookie jar would be deemed worthy of membership of our political establishment if they didn’t go ahead and insult us to boot. Okupe is already busy insulting the intelligence of the Nigerian people by claiming that we need to acknowledge the huge difference between six and half a dozen. Our friend is now pottymouthing his way to explain that there is a difference between the person, Doyin Okupe, and the company he used to mugu them in Imo and Benue states.
 
Why then does President Jonathan attract these kinds of characters and clings to them no matter the degree of national opprobrium they attract? The answer is simple. There is a purposed agenda to these hirings. There is deliberateness to it all. A weak and underperforming President does not love compromised political appointees for no reason. Doyin Okupe, Diezani Alison Madueke, Arunmah Oteh, Inde Dikko, etc, do not owe the Nigerian people anything. They owe President Jonathan everything. Their loyalty to him is total, unalloyed. Although they are corrupt and ethically-challenged, the President stands by them while thumbing his nose at the Nigerian people. A weak president needs even weaker and compromised aides and political appointees in order to make them sycophants plenipotentiary. By keeping a harem of corrupt personal aides and political appointees, President Jonathan is deftly throwing dice in a game of Ludo and his dice are showing six-six and pecking the Nigerian people.

The OP: Do you support a military attack on Iran. Give your reasons.

Such an attack might spell war, especially a regional war, with Iranian-terror proxies like Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad joining the war against Israel. And war anywhere shd always be avoided if possible cos it will always lead to losses.
But then, I support the right of the Israelis to defend themselves from a nuclear Iran. If Iran has consistently threatened to annihilate Israel, and is rushing to get a nuclear bomb, then Israel's fears are justifiable. And in that situation, they shd strike Iran's nuclear facilities (not civilian population) immediately.

miky: the other day i saw a brave but naive policeman walking towards a bomb to defuse it, and i was like " na how much dem dey pay am" Dude was blown to pieces..

Liar! Lie-nus! This is how it starts. As mature as u are, u lie uncontrollably even wen nothing is at stake. U saw d policeman go to defuse a bomb and he was blown to pieces. But u survived and came here to tell d story!
Where did this tale by moonlight take place?

Is this d same NPF that had ex-convict Tafa Balogun as I-G?

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10 bad reasons to not bomb Iran

August 19, 2012, 10:11 pm⁠

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Quick homework assignment. It’s designed to test your ability to spot complete and horrifying folly. Don’t worry, it won’t be too difficult. Just read Uri Savir’s article on JPost.com “War-ning on Iran,” Then respond to points a) through j). When you’re done, come back here. Correct answers are posted below.

Ok, you’re finished? Here are the correct responses:

a) It would in all likelihood lead to a regional war – the whole Muslim and Arab world would close ranks withTehranin case of a solo- Israeli attack. Shia-Sunni antagonism would pale next to a Jewish- Islamic war.

Who does Savir imagine will take part in this regional war? Which leader  would be willing to risk embarrassing and likely-catastrophic (for their regime at least) defeat in order to ensure a near-invincible Iran? Certainly none of the Sunni states, which are terrified of the prospect of a nuclear Iran. The ones that might benefit from a nuclear Iran — Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas — would be neutralized quickly and violently should they choose to join in (in a multi-front war Israel would not have the luxury of wasting the time and resources in avoiding civilian casualties that bogged it down in previous wars). They are well aware of this, which is why Hezbollah already declared that it would stay out of any conflict. Either way, “all likelihood” of a war with the Muslim and Arab world? No way.

b) It is to be assumed that an Israeli-Iranian war – which probably becomes regional as the chief of staff told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee – would end with us having the upper hand, using our strategic conventional defense capacities. This in turn would likely lead to the nuclearization of the Middle East with countries like Saudi Arabia, possibly also Egypt and Turkey, turning to the development of nuclear strategic capacities. In turn our strategic deterrence would be questioned and harmed.

Israel has had the upper hand for 45 years. So far there hasn’t been any mass rush to nuclearization. Probably because anyone who has tried has found their programs abruptly canceled in a pile of rubble. Where does Savir come up with the idea that, should Iran’s nuclear program suffer the same fate, countries in the area will all be dying to try their luck? It’s an especially puzzling conclusion since the consensus (confirmed by Saudi king Abdulla via Dennis Ross) is that not stopping Iran from obtaining nukes will result in exactly that scenario.

c) The terror war against Israel, by Hezbollah and Hamas, would with time turn non-conventional, from chemical to nuclear on a small but lethal scale.

So keeping their suppliers from getting nuclear weapons will cause Hezbollah to have them?

Just to make sure I’m following Savir’s plan, then:

Step 1) Allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.

Step 2) Hezbollah and Hamas are prevented from getting nuclear weapons for some reason.

Is there a step 1.5 that I missed here?

(This guy was chief negotiator on the Oslo Accords, by the way. Just thought now would be a good time to bring that up.)

d) The Assad regime in Syria would be saved as Iran’s main ally and Syria’s non-conventional capacities would be introduced into the war zone.

“We just need to hold out long enough for our main ally and supporter to be catastrophically defeated; then we’re saved.”
– Bashar Assad, apparently

e) Such a war would bring to an end the vital peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan and any hope of a solution to the Palestinian issue, leaving us isolated in a bi-national state.

Again, I don’t see why this is something either country would cancel a treaty over. If they thought canceling their treaties would have served their interests they would have done so by now. A war with Iran doesn’t change that analysis from Jordan’s or Egypt’s perspective. If his point is that a war will serve as a pretext for either country to end the treaty, then the treaty isn’t really worth much to begin with, is it?

As far as the Palestinians, what hope is there currently for a solution? And how, exactly, will a war with Iran make it any worse? Will the Palestinians be too disillusioned with how states have been acting and decide they don’t want one of their own?

f) The entire Muslim world, with more than 1 billion citizens, would remain hostile to Israel, probably for decades to come.

That would be a shame, because Islamic hatred of Jews is currently set to expire at the end of 2012.

g) Perhaps most dangerously, the Israel “attack alone option” would lead to an unprecedented rift with the American administration and we would be perceived by our No. 1 strategic ally as harming strategic American interests. This would endanger the very backbone of our national security.

They’ll get over it. They might even appreciate it if we take care of it ourselves without dragging them into another war.

h) Internationally, Israel would be perceived as bringing the region to the brink of a nuclear confrontation, which would turn us into a pariah state, endangering our political and economic interests.

The region would be no more on the brink of nuclear confrontation than in any previous war, as Israel is the only nation in the region that — according to foreign reports — has nuclear weapons, thus avoiding any potential nuclear brinksmanship (Hhpefully we can keep it that way). Should we allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons, any confrontation between Iran and Israel (or even Iran and anyone else) will likely be just that. Either way, if Savir’s main goal is for Israel to be beloved by the world, he’s going to live out his life as a very disappointed Israeli.

i) The national coherence and consensus in Israel would be shattered, as much of the country is not convinced that this is a necessary war and prefers American leadership on the Iranian issue. Not to speak of the unpreparedness of Israel’s civil defense and the casualties inflicted on us (which should not be a consideration for or against a military operation).

“The national coherence and consensus in Israel would be shattered?” What consensus is he referring to exactly? And why does not striking Iran preserve this consensus, since much of the country is convinced that this is a necessary war? Do those people not count toward the consensus?

As for the unpreparedness of Israel’s civil defense: If he feels that’s the case, that’s an excellent reason that he should have written an article titled “Why We Need to Improve the Preparedness of our Civil Defense,” instead of the one he ended up writing.

(Incidentally, does anyone else find it disconcerting that in Savir’s list of considerations, Barack Obama’s mood ranks at the top [see point g)], while avoiding civilian casualties doesn’t even make the cut?)

j) An Israeli attack on Iran and its nuclear facilities would delay but not prevent Iran from going nuclear. It would harm Iran’s nuclear capacities but increase its motivation to become nuclear. The international case against Iran’s nuclear ambitions would be severely weakened.

So we’ll bomb them again till they aren’t motivated. It worked with Iraq and Syria. That’s a great motto actually: “Bomb the motivation out of them.” Well, it’s an OK motto , certainly better than Savir’s “They pretty much have it anyway, so why go through all the trouble?”

OK. How did you do? I told you it wouldn’t be too difficult.

We often hear people complain about Netanyahu and Barak fear-mongering in order to gain support for a strike on Iran. As far as I’m concerned, fear of nuclear weapons is one fear that should be peddled. Nukes are like table saws: everyone should have a healthy fear of them (Lord help us if the Iranians develop nuclear table saws). The dangers of a nuclear Iran are obvious to just about everyone. We shouldn’t need to hear it from Netanyahu, and we couldn’t blame him if we did.

It’s Savir’s brand of fear mongering, however, that I take exception to. The kind of baseless speculation that is just designed to manipulate and distract from the real discussion we should be having.

Savir opens the article by claiming that we survived the Holocaust, among other disasters, due to our “understanding that such struggles of survival are not about physical strength.” Is he really suggesting that the Holocaust should be our paradigm for survival? He seems to be, since his plan is the same one most European Jews followed 80 years ago: sit tight and wait for the rest of the world to bail you out. It was bad advice then, and even worse now, since now we know better. If there was ever any support for his theory, it ended abruptly with the Holocaust. The Holocaust arose because we were in a position of weakness. Israel was borne out of strength, and has been able to survive only because of the unceasing maintenance, and when necessary, utilization, of that strength.

But to Savir, and those who think like him, strength is weakness. Only popularity is virtue. They want nothing more than for Israel to be loved among the nations of the world. If we could just show the world how peace-loving and wonderful Israel really is, they would accept us with open arms (2,000 years of Jewish memory to the contrary notwithstanding). Then they would all rally around us, protect us from harm. The use of force is impolite. We wouldn’t want to offend the world body. How are we supposed to win them over if we go about bombing every country that threatens us (by my count six of Savir’s 10 points were some variation of “you don’t want to upset people”).

Thus, non-sanctioned force is immediately ruled out on principle. And for the benefit of those who aren’t sold, he pulls some scary, yet far-fetched, doomsday scenarios out of his hat (everyone will go to war with us. And they’ll all have nukes. And Israel will disintegrate from the inside out. And even if Iran doesn’t get nukes, Hezbollah will. But Iran will get nukes).

I am aware that there are people, former defense officials and the like, who know a lot more than me, and would disagree with my opinion on striking Iran (though I disagree right back). And I’m not saying that there is no discussion to be had on this topic. Of course there is, and we need to continue to have it. But in important discussions like these, articles like Savir’s are spam — devoid of content, intended for those who don’t know any better. If not to convince them, to at least paralyze them into inaction. It should be payed attention to just long enough to know why it should be disregarded.




http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/10-bad-reasons-to-not-bomb-iran/

citizenisb: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/politics/oil-producing-states-have-cornered-the-nations-wealth-abba-ibrahim/

The oil- producing states have the federation take home, 13per cent derivation, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs with hundreds of billions for projects in the region, the NDDC with billions of naira, the oil companies, doing a lot and finally, the Federal Government gives very handsome grants to oil-producing states under all sorts of guises. You also have the Amnesty Programme, all in the same region. So, they have six different sources of income.

The other states are left with one source of income. I know how we indirectly got there. The oil producing communities have been neglected for a long time. There is no doubt about that. They were not taking very good care of them. In our own anxious way of solving the problems, we are now over funding them and underfunding the non-oil producing states.

This disparity can bring all sorts of crisis to the country in the future. We have to consciously do something about this development before it will put us in very bad and embarrassing situation. So, there is going to be a review.

To the idiot who wrote this piece, we need more money to combat the attendant consequences of d evil called insecurity u unleashed on us. And mind u, we deserve more, something in d neighbourhood of 100% of d total revenue coming out from OUR LAND. Got it? Fool!

citizenisb: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/politics/oil-producing-states-have-cornered-the-nations-wealth-abba-ibrahim/

The oil- producing states have the federation take home, 13per cent derivation, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs with hundreds of billions for projects in the region, the NDDC with billions of naira, the oil companies, doing a lot and finally, the Federal Government gives very handsome grants to oil-producing states under all sorts of guises. You also have the Amnesty Programme, all in the same region. So, they have six different sources of income.

The other states are left with one source of income. I know how we indirectly got there. The oil producing communities have been neglected for a long time. There is no doubt about that. They were not taking very good care of them. In our own anxious way of solving the problems, we are now over funding them and underfunding the non-oil producing states.

This disparity can bring all sorts of crisis to the country in the future. We have to consciously do something about this development before it will put us in very bad and embarrassing situation. So, there is going to be a review.

To the idiot who wrote this piece, we need more money to combat the attendant consequences of d evil called insecurity u unleashed on us. And mind u, we deserve more, something in d neighbourhood of 100% of d total revenue coming out from OUR LAND. Got it? Fool!

citizenisb: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/politics/oil-producing-states-have-cornered-the-nations-wealth-abba-ibrahim/

The oil- producing states have the federation take home, 13per cent derivation, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs with hundreds of billions for projects in the region, the NDDC with billions of naira, the oil companies, doing a lot and finally, the Federal Government gives very handsome grants to oil-producing states under all sorts of guises. You also have the Amnesty Programme, all in the same region. So, they have six different sources of income.

The other states are left with one source of income. I know how we indirectly got there. The oil producing communities have been neglected for a long time. There is no doubt about that. They were not taking very good care of them. In our own anxious way of solving the problems, we are now over funding them and underfunding the non-oil producing states.

This disparity can bring all sorts of crisis to the country in the future. We have to consciously do something about this development before it will put us in very bad and embarrassing situation. So, there is going to be a review.

To the idiot who wrote this piece, we need more money to combat the attendant consequences of d evil called insecurity u unleashed on us. And mind u, we deserve more, something in d neighbourhood of 100% of d total revenue coming out from OUR LAND. Got it? Fool!

citizenisb: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/politics/oil-producing-states-have-cornered-the-nations-wealth-abba-ibrahim/

The oil- producing states have the federation take home, 13per cent derivation, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs with hundreds of billions for projects in the region, the NDDC with billions of naira, the oil companies, doing a lot and finally, the Federal Government gives very handsome grants to oil-producing states under all sorts of guises. You also have the Amnesty Programme, all in the same region. So, they have six different sources of income.

The other states are left with one source of income. I know how we indirectly got there. The oil producing communities have been neglected for a long time. There is no doubt about that. They were not taking very good care of them. In our own anxious way of solving the problems, we are now over funding them and underfunding the non-oil producing states.

This disparity can bring all sorts of crisis to the country in the future. We have to consciously do something about this development before it will put us in very bad and embarrassing situation. So, there is going to be a review.

To the idiot who wrote this piece, we need more money to combat the attendant consequences of d evil called insecurity u unleashed on us. And mind u, we deserve more, something in d neighbourhood of 100% of d total revenue coming out from OUR LAND. Got it? Fool!

US-Israeli deal on Iran? No Israeli strike now if Obama pledged a spring attack

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 18, 2012, 2:37 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags:  Barack Obama   Binyamin Netanyahu   Iran nuclear   military operation 

The White House this week scrambled to reconnect with Jerusalem after the Obama administration was persuaded that Israel was serious about conducting a fall military operation against Iran’s nuclear program before the Nov. 6 US presidential election - notwithstanding the heavy opposition guns firing against it at home and from Washington. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, assisted by their newly-appointed Home Front Defense Minister, were seen deep in practical preparations for this operation and its repercussions, as well an outbreak of hostilities with Syria and Hizballah.



Netanyahu and Barak hold the key to Iran attack.

The White House accordingly got in touch with Netanyahu’s office to find out what America must do to convince Israel to back off.
Wednesday, Aug.15, debkafile revealed exclusively that the Obama and Netanyahu were discussing a one-on-one encounter on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session opening in New York on Sept. 18 in order to resume their military and strategic dialog on the Iranian issue broken off by their polar differences.
debkafile now learns that those discussions have moved forward. Handled by National Security Adviser Tom Donilon for the US president and senior adviser Ron Dermer for the prime minister, they focus essentially on a four-point plan embodying Israel’s requirements for delaying an attack.
1.  President Obama will formally inform the two houses of congress in writing that he plans to use military force to prevent Iran from arming itself with a nuclear weapon. He will request their endorsement. Aside from this step’s powerful deterrent weight for persuading Iran’s leaders to give up their pursuit of a nuclear bomb, it would also give the US president the freedom to go to war with Iran when he sees fit, without have to seek congressional endorsement.
2. To underscore his commitment, President Obama would pay a visit to Israel in the weeks leading up to election-day and deliver a speech to the Knesset solemnly pledging to use American military force against the Islamic Republic if Tehran still refuses to give up its nuclear weapon program. He will repeat that pledge before various other public forums.
3, In the coming months up until Spring 2013, the United States will upgrade Israel’s military, intelligence and technological capabilities so that if President Obama (whether he is reelected or replaced by Mitt Romney) decides to back out of this commitment, Israel will by then be in command of the resources necessary for inflicting mortal damage on Iran’s nuclear program with a unilateral strike.
debkafile’s military sources note that an influx of these top-grade US military resources would bridge the gap between American and Israeli ticking clocks for an attack on Iran, and dispel the fear in Jerusalem that delay would give Iran time to bury its key facilities in “zones of immunity” - outside Israel’s reach for serious damage with its present capabilities.
4. If points 1-3 can be covered – and Netanyahu and Barak are convinced the US really means to strike Iran next spring - our Washington and Jerusalem sources report that Jerusalem may be coming around to agreeing to hold back a lone Israeli attack this autumn.

Those sources report that President Obama has not rejected the plan. Donilon was told to keep on talking to Netanyahu and Barak.




http://www.debka.com/article/22287/US-Israeli-deal-on-Iran-No-Israeli-strike-now-if-Obama-pledged-a-spring-attack

Les: I miss Nitel of the good old days. If only 9ja'll bring back networks like nitel where one pays only at month ends at minimal cost, this would have been an advantage to us, afterall that's how other countries operate- USA, etc!

Abeg u, if we are enjoying our money's worth, no call NITEL here. Hv u forgotten so soon? Hav u forgotten how we used to beg for improved services no matter d cost? Now we hv it and u r complaining, talking of NITEL. Abegi!
We ar complaining of power supply and we say we are ready to pay anytin for steady supply. If tomorrow we hv companies that guarantee us steady supply, u will come again to say u miss NEPA. U no dey try jor!

I know of a bakery that usually runs up to N2m in diesel bills monthly but that now pays abt N175k monthly to PHCN. They ar overjoyed. GEJ, more strength.

berem: Seems this electricity improvement has become a daily topic! Una no dey tire? What feedback does the retardeen wants?

Kindly do humanity a long overdue service by shutting up when u don't hv anytin reasonable to say.

Ricky_Ross: there are many parts of PHC that never experienced light problem for 1 minute for the last few weeks.

Chairman, light supply has improved but not to d extent u just painted it. Where in ph specifically fits that description?

I criticise d govt wen dey deserve it. But on this power issue, d govt deserves commendation jor! As I type, there has been light all day. Oops! They just cut it off now-now! But nonetheless, there is serious improvement in power supply. So I believe GEJ if he says we wil soon hit 9000mw. He can and wil do it.
I urge every Nigerian to keep d faith so far as power is concerned. Don't be weary: this one is different from anti-corruption campaign or BH menace. On this one he can deliver.

Only know him as a Republican and as a staunch supporter of Israel, just like Romney. For that fact alone, may success attend d Romney/Ryan ticket.

delvinmaya:

have you ever held any leadership position? Even if its fellowship?

To answer your question,that road was concessioned,under obj to bi-courtney,do i need to explain that as well? when work started,the stupid acn led governor of ogun state went to personally disrupt work.

U wil sink even this low just to score a point? U lie this brazenly? Haba na! We all know d story so no need to lie on it,pls.

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Beaf:

Your argument is that of an enemy of Nigeria.

The fact there there is a President does not stop each of us being patriotic. Even worse, it is not an excuse for subversives, desperados and lovers of the status quo like El Rufai to shout gleeful alleluya's each time a boko haram bomb takes another innocent life.

If anyone wants to be an observer in our own country, then they might as well apply for a Chadian or Sudanese passport.

Address the issues,man. U r committing a fallacy common to people who hv lost steam in an argument: they attack d messenger instead of addressing d issues. I believe ur spin-powers sha. But u r not impressing so far. The issue is: does the solution to the nation's problems lie with wit the opposition? Wat else do u expect the opposition to do but fight the govt? GEJ shd shame them by tackling d issues raised instead of replying their every accusation. And Okupe cannot call to question d loyalty of another Nigerian. Wat has he done for Nigeria other than draw fat govt pay time and again?

This is d Word of God in Amos 9:14-15:

And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

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who did you refer to as peace loving?NETANYAHU.oh my gosh you are soooooo hilarious.the same netanyahu that eroded alll of the gains made by rabin because of his hardline posture.
why should palestine return to negotiations when isreal has broken all its commitments.isreal has continued its construction in the west bank.it refused to extend the moratarium on settlements despite that been one of the major prerequisites for negotiation.isreal has continued its siege on gaza and then you blame the palestines.you're pathetic[/quote


No, u r the pathetic one who can't see d huge truth standing in front u. Netanyahu has bin criticised for conceding too much even. Wait until somon like Avigdor lieberman is PM. U will knw d true meaning of hard-line. U don't accuse d murderous arabs raining rockets on southern israel of bin hardline, do u? Rabin was a misguided fellow who tot d problem of d arabas wit israel has to do wit land. It has to do wit the existence of d Jews themselves so that even if d Jews move out of d entire Israel, d arabs wil stil hate them. Wen ehud barak, in his pacifist, leftist miscalculation tot that a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza wud bring peace, did it play out that way? No. Instead d murderous Gazans led by d bloodthirsty Hamas hv crystallized Gaza into a launchpad for missiles.
Before Abbas blundered into seeking nationhood at d UN, did israel not observe a unilateral 10-month freeze on buildings which did not stil please Abbas? What r u then saying?
And why shd Israel stop building? Is Jerusalem divided? No! God forbid! An undivided J'lem is d ETERNAL CAPITAL of Israel.

Delafruita:
anyone who is not an olodo will realise that prayers wont bring peace to isreal

And mind u, Israel has peace. israel is an oasis of stability and prosperity in a region where they slaughter each other even as muslims. It is d enemies of israel that ar in turmoil. The greater d hatred a nation bears for Israel, d greater d gap between its progress and that of IsraeL. Check ur history. See Syria. See Iraq. See Afghanistan. See Egypt. They even startd killing each other at d border again. And u talk abt pace in Israel. IsraeL has peace while its enemies shrink in hatred and powerlessness. Why can't they rush to d aid of Gaza and liberate it by force of arms?

Delafruita:
anyone who is not an olodo will realise that prayers wont bring peace to isreal

I am in a pious mood and wil not take offence. But I wil ask my Father in Heaven to forgive u for u do not know what u do.

Delafruita: if isreal wants peace,it should end the siege on gaza,return the golan to syria,abide by the pre-1967 borders and allow palestine attain its nationhood.if that doesnt happen,forget about peace in jerusalem

Rememba that Israel has a very resilient military and is not particulary afraid of ur kind of threats. More so, it shd make u wondr that a nation as small as Kano State is able to withstand all d Arab nations surrounding it and even take on d cowards at d same time. However, it is d habit of Jew-haters like urself to cast Israel in bad light as if she doesnt want peace. She does. But it wil not be to d detriment of national security or its own strategic interests. Y has Abbas consistntly rfused to come to d negotiating table despite huge concessions made by the peace-loving Netanyahu?

Anyway, the ancient Bible prophecies state that there wil be a time for peace between Israel and her foes and Jerusalem wil b divided again. That time has not come. So real Bible students knw that peace is unattainable currently.

But beware: Israel is not a strong army just because of tanks and armor and steel: God protects her and that is y nobody can overrun her. She has served her punishment.

Deep Sight:

Greater foolishness hath no man than he that ignoreth peace in his home to seek peace in another's home.

Olodo.

1. No Christian has ignored peace in his hometown. Do we not pray for d peace of our own nation in tears and groaning? Do we not fast and seek d face of G-d earnestly? Does it mean that out of 365 days, one cannot spare a few hrs and comply wit a Biblical injunction as found in Psalm 122? Wil d prayer I offer for Jerusalem bar d peace of Nigeria? Or u don't know it is a Biblical injunction that attracts blessings? If I am an olodo, the American pastors who started d movement on a formal note as well as all Christians in over 175 countries who participate are also olodos. Or u tink they do not hv domestic problems too?

2. I am not surprised because d Bible has said d wisdom of God is foolishness unto man. Wat we perceive as wisdom, u perceive as foolishness. But peace be unto u.