Melagros:
COMRADES, Alexander the great

I Love Alexander the Great, but he did not live long enough to cement a political legacy

VeryWickedMan:


Hitler's Blitzkrieg tactics revolutionized warfare so much that even the Red Army that defeated him adopted it.

Europe was stuck in WWI's trench warfare until Blitzkrieg's mechanized barrage came through and is still in use till this day.

Awesome, the Blitzkrieg was really impressive...the way France was swept aside was truly astonishing...
Who knows what the word would have been like if the Nazis had been victorious in their strategic goals

Barack Obama
The 44th President of the USA is an all time great for me...he guided the US during the 2008 financial crisis.. his intelligence in political affairs was top notch...the Recovery and reinvestment act ( a stimulus package) helped the USA and the world navigate through the financial Crises

VeryWickedMan:
Vladimir Putin
Adolf Hitler
Che Guevara
Josef Stalin
Idi Amin


Honourable mention: Fidel Castro

Hmmmm....can u tell me why adolf Hitler made your list? I have not been able to really study about hitler ...
Vladimir Putin is a great leader even tho i am not a big fan of him but his exploits to stabilize the Russian states is unparalleled

Qaboos Bin Said
The Late Sultan of Oman....i have much admiration for this man, he overthrew his father in a coup, took power and modernized the country....
Imagine the balls it would have taken to carry out a coup, and make much needed reforms,
Reforms are never easy, there's always going to be opposition from the people who are benefiting from the system u want to change....

Xi Jinping
I have lots of admiration for the current Chinese president...my admiration for him stems for his ability to crack down on corruption when he took power, he brought stability to the CCP, a party that was fracturing due to multiple factions and corruption...
This reforms are very important to ensure stability, especially in a one party state ..while it may have its disadvantages of stifling internal democracy in the party, his reforms have brought stability, which is the most important thing...
It is unclear what Xi's legacy will be, but i hold him in high esteem

Julius Caesar
A military man with political intelligence, his ability to rise to power was fascinating, getting into the Roman senate and becoming a key figure..
My greatest admiration of Caesar was his fixing of a broken Senate, a senate that was divided and lost competence to govern due to personal interest...he took the helm and brought stability to the state....

Cyrus The Great
Founder of the achaemenid empire, which later known as the Persian empire...
I am fascinated with Cyrus because of the reforms he made as regards the decentralization of power, creating regions with certain autonomy...(satrapies) this intelligent reforms helped to manage the ever expanding empire...i also love the reforms towards human rights, people with different religions were allowed to practice freely

Shang Yang
I watched a documentary on Netflix about the Qin Empire, During the warring state period of China....the first season featured the reforms of the Qin Kingdom, these reforms were spearheaded by Shang Yang, he removed the rule by man ( benevolence ruling) with the rule of law...the rule of law became the basis of the strong foundation of the Qin state, that would eventually strengthen the kingdom to expand and unify other states during that period....

Intelligent and Efficient Political Figures Have Littered the World Since Antiquity, Some have Been Brave Reformists, Some Expansionists, Some Have Consolidated states and laid the foundations for so many improvements we have Seen in Humanity...
I will list my Top Favorite Political Figures of All Time and Why i like them....
Kindly list Yours



Shang Yang (Chinese Reformer)
Xi Jinping (President Of China
Cyrus The Great (Founder of the Achaemenid Empire)
Qaboos Bin said ( Former Sultan Of Oman)
Barack Obama (44th President Of The USA)
Ashoka the Great ( Mauryan Emperor)
Han Wudi (Han Dynasty)
Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman sultan)
Mustapha Kemal Ataturk( founder of the Turkish Republic)
Lee Kuan Yew (first prime Minister of Singapore)
Deng Xiaoping (Second president of China)
Nayib Bukele (President of El Salvador)
Angela Merkel (Former Chancellor of Germany)

nairalanda1:


Yes, you are right, but even when security was OK back in the day, there was still food issues...

The problem is, government doesn't know how to incentivise increased food production. BY now most of our food production should be coming from large scale farms, with the surplus being exported.

Then there is the issue of transport of food to market...and storage of food. And the fact that cattle farming has to be modernised in NIgeria. Roaming around with cows is not the way forward.

Very good points, your views on politics is very logical...i appreciate you boss

Procashtips:


I have mor important thing to do right now but what I wrote up there can be seen online.

Enjoy your ight

Yes ,facts is fact, irrespective of ur emotions...good night

Procashtips:


You see you

It was created to counter USSR because America feared they'd give them the run for their money.

In the end, NATO has now become the so called USSR they were trying to counter.

USSR didn't even expand more than what they were prior to the creation of NATO.

After the demise of USSR, why did NATO not also end? Because their MAJOR aim wasn't to really counter USSR but to become the new "world power".

Who is feeding u all this gibberish abeg...the states that came under soviet sphere of influence, how did it happen, was it not aftermath of the war?
The entire Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Western Belorussia (taken from Poland).
Western Ukraine (taken from Poland and Romania)
The western part of Moldavia (taken from Romania)

After the fall of USSR, Russia still remained a threat to the new formed states, NATO expansionism is mutual, the small countries wants to join NATO, NATO is not forcing anybody...the same russia set alarm bells ringing with its invasion of moldova in the 1990's what of its military operations to prevent the cacaus regions from seceding?
It was clear that Russia was a threat to the new nations, it was logical for the new countries to seek defence from NATO...
When u talk about world power, Russia stood no chance to compete with the US after the end of Soviet Union, NATO or no NATO, the US was the undisputed global hegemon..
Russia has invaded Ukraine, the results is Finland and Sweden joining NATO...
If u are a small post Soviet country with russia as ur neighbor, will u not seek NATO?
Remember that Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 and annexed some of its territories....its always russia doing the territorial expansion, yet they cry as victims.... countries are begging to join NATO, Russia is using force to gain Territory, see the difference?

Procashtips:


Do you know why NATO was created?

Part of the reason or the major reason was to deter soviet expansionism after ww2....if the Soviet Union did not pose a threat to other European states, there would be no NATO...

Procashtips:


You only supported my view.

As for the last part of your comments.

Russia is not trying to take over Ukraine, they have no such need, rather they are stopping Ukraine from becoming a satellite country in which their enemies get to strike them. (NATO).

If Russia allowed Ukraine to break out in 1991, why would they now want them back when Ukraine is not even better off?

Ukraine has been a willing tool in the hands of the west and this Russia won't allow.

Biolabs and All that built in Ukraine to strike Russia from close range.

Enough said.

I think Putin also mentioned why they are in Ukraine

You have valid points there...but all the talk of Nato wanting to attack Russia is pure bullshit, this is the same Russia that invaded Ukraine in 2014 and instigated rebellion in the east...so talks of biolabs and co na lamba...
Russia invaded Ukraine for strategic reasons, yes , stopping Ukraine from being a NATO member is one...
In my opinion, Russia getting undisputed access to the black sea is very critical and strategic for its national security
Putin would have also guessed that Nato and the west will be divided and also with the ban of gas to Europe , perceived that it could lead to uprisings...
I also feel he felt this war could set the tone to upend the US led global order, and Putin has achieved alot strategically with this war, the muted response from the global south is a big win...
I feel this war will be a strategic victory for Russia, dude is still popular at home and will cling onto power, his influence in the global south has increased as anti-west sentiment grows ..the war has fueled the need for upending the US led financial system...that will only be possible if Brics can come up with a solution...

paramakina202:


Those four west African nations has made their choice to booth out France from their country.Respect that.
The anti France military coup that took over those countries wouldn't have succeeded if France was not exploiting the people and their natural resources.

Lol , so its Russia that will not exploit natural resources, people like u forget that it was the west financial support that laid the foundations for the new states in the post colonial era, so how do u pay all these debts? And u have corrupt and foolish leaders who are power drunk, this enables the west to exploit more...
So what will happen if the respective junta fails to pay their debts to Russia? Russia will forgive the debt or will continue exploitation of resources? Answer for yourselves...

paramakina202:


Russia offered them a better deal than their former colonial master has over the centuries and if Russia at any time become a disappointment the host nations have every right to pullout of whatever agreement they have made with them.

Guy you are still a learner
Lol, u think geo-politics works as easy as that... Russia influence in Africa is a welcome development, but the onus lies on the junta to lay the foundations of a new order in their respective states....

Procashtips:


Very uneducated fellow

Even with a 2hrs long interview, he still turned facts upside down.

I guess he didn't even understand what Putin said.

Exactly, people like him wait for pro-russian vlogs to craft out narratives, then the just ingest the narratives without critical thinking...

christistruth01:



Putin also told you the War would last less than a Week

Putin has met face to face with his Creator in this War

Lol, it is normal that a person makes plans and it doesn't work, then u change strategy...
Russia has scaled up its defense budget for this year, its defense industry and arms procurement will be on steroids ..
Support for Ukraine in the west is cooling coz its common sense that Ukraine cannot win this war ...
Forget all this spiritual matters, this is war where military might speaks....Russia can continue this war for years...can Ukraine and the west do so? Biden has used this war to invest heavily in US defense industries, i believe US Spending is getting to a peak, and will begin to cool off soon..

I have mixed feelings on the idea of legalizing fire arms, especially with this bad economy...what kind of guns will be legalized? Pistols? Automatic weapons?
Will people be allowed to carry firearms in public places?
Personally i feel firearms should only be restricted to homes and it should only be pistol...there should be age restriction or maybe only married people should have access...
I firearms is legalized without proper legislation, there would be a spiral in crime rates

nairalanda1:


Yes.

I used to believe all this colonial leaders ruined us stuff WELL well...until I started asking some questions.

The problem with the theory is simple

1.African countries like Guinea, Uganda, Zimbabwe that broke away from the colonial leaders rule...all broke down or had economic issues. The anti-colonials will come and tell me Western sancitions. Yet, China that broke away from Western leaders, and was on sanctions...somehow became a developed nation.

2.South Korea and Japan have had their leaders chosen by Westerners for decades. The anti-colonial crowd will come and scream they got helped. We too got helped.

The thing is strong countries are countries that export things the world needs...which means they can set their prices and earn money. ALso, because they can make stuff, corruption and stealing won;t be tolerated as it would harm manufacturing and investment in manufacturing.

Nigeria relies on oil, our revenue is never strong enough because oil prices have to be consistently above 100 dollars or even 120 dollars per barrel for us to earn enough to balance the budget. Corruption is predominat because he who is close to the sharing of the money benefits a lot. And so on.

But the thing is changing to good governance means making a lot of hard choices...which as I have seen here , we don't want to make.

Exactly, it takes wise and efficient leadership, especially in heterogenous countries for it to work...what happened after the europeans left is a vacuum in which tribes tried to seize and consolidated power at the expense of the overall well-being of the state. .
Look at Ethiopia that wasn't colonized, they are still struggling with fierce tribal divisions...
Look at Sudan after it gained independence, the arabs in the north marginalize the other southern Christian tribes...and other tribes in the darfur region...with this kind of leaders , there is no way a country can move forward...and with this kind of leaders, it leads to a breeding ground of resentment...
Then u have people in the army or elites who will ally with the west to depose the existing political leadership, then the cycle of instability, corruption and inefficiency continues...

gidgiddy:


Putin is a fool. This is the modern age where you force nobody to be with you, even if you are brothers. It does not matter what relationship exists between Ukrain and Russia, neither should force the other into any sort of union

If either side wants to be unified, it must be by concensus, not war. To invade a place and claim you are doing it because of past history is nonsensical

What Putin should do is insist on referendum, not war.

I want Biafra to come, but I want it to come by democratic referendum, not war

You have made good points, but it is illogical to think that referendum can lead to sovereignty in this age..
Biafra cannot be achieved via referendum
Ukraine would not have allowed the Russian speaking regions to secede because of referendum, it doesn't work anywhere...

nairalanda1:


So why couldn't these leaders be corruption free

Japan and South korea have had their leaderships imposed by the west since time immemorial. Even many European nations since world war 2 self.

Good governance is a choice. Go to many african countries and you will see leaders choosing to do evil

Then there is Botswana whose first leader was imposed by the west, and who laid the foundation for good governance

Lumumba would have been as sit right as mobutu. All the antiwestern leaders of africa have been corrupt and messed up as have the pro western leaders. Mugabe was chanting down with whites while his country was messed up.

Exactly you have said it all correctly, the problem of Africa is fundamentally internal...it is not solely about foreign influence...
If we had good leaders, then they will manage relationships with the west , keep their home in order and things will be better...

Injustoneweek4:
please what is special about a president granting an interview?
You praise a president because he knows the history of the country he presides over?
Who doesn't know the history of his country?

These guys have been massively brainwashed by Russian propaganda, they cannot reason and differentiate left to right...
Yes Putin is intelligent, but deducing that invasion of a sovereign country because of ethnic links is justified because Putin says so, without deep thinking, it shows how absurd people reason...

paramakina202:

We have to get rid of influence of our colonial powers only can we have leaders with interest of the people at heart.
Russia offers partnership that will benefit both sides while UK and France are here to exploit our people and the resources.

What partnership is the Russians offering that is very different? Will the sahel states not pay for Russian security services? If the sahel states dont wise up and keep their house in order, will Russia fold its arms and do nothing?
Do u not think that the Russians will be closely watching politics in these countries in order to protect their interests. ? If a new leader of niger comes in tomorrow and is considered a threat to kremlins interest..do u feel Putin will sit on his hands? Will he not look for loophole to sponsor a coup or to destabilize the state?

paramakina202:


So who are those enabling,imposing and supporting,sustaining the inept and corrupt leaders in Africa?
Who conspired and killed our true and great African leaders like Patrice Lumumba and imposed corrupt and inept leaders like Mobutu Sese Seko?

That is why you are very inept to grasp simple geo-politics....did the French directly kill this people? Were they not directly murdered by their own countrymen?
Did the so called great leaders not leave loopholes that enabled resentment against them to grow?
Keep your house in order and it will be difficult for foreign power to intervene negatively....
France and co have never imposed any leader, the foreign players play their games and prey on the weakness of Africans, who wouldn't? If u become a big power tomorrow and u need raw materials and influence, will u not look for loopholes to expand your influence in ur country of interest? You play ur games and utilize the loopholes of the state u want to manipulate...
For example, UAE has massive interest in Sudan with RSF, they are utilizing the loopholes of the Sudanese state for their interests...
The illegal mining happening in Nigeria is a cash cow for many powers, if it gets more lucrative, these players in the mining sector will find a way to destabilize the state, are they not smart?
...

I agree with you, any autocratic leader who assumes power without creating a political system will fail...

There are issues with the Nigerian Constitution but we must not forget to point blames at the inept and corrupt leaders we ve had...if u handover a perfect constitution needs these people, them go still cast am

MaobiCarl:

Fact
Starting communism in China, Russia Cuba, Vietnam etc wasn't easy. People who opposed it needs to be crushed. Joseph stalin didn't start this movement in soviet union by begging the masses.. He forced it because his predictions and futuristic ideas was right.
North Korea maybe practising an oppressive form of Communism. We can emulate good ones with the realisation that there's no perfect communism
Even China has to borrow free economy / capitalism at one point

You are right but this ideology will destroy the economy, it will discourage hardwork and ambition, people work hard to make life easier for their families and leave a legacy.... corruption can be eradicated in Nigeria but not tru this method sir

E choke, the strong will dominate the weak, what a brutal time in human history this was

paramakina202:


Yeah it is all about infleunce and mutual benefit which no African country can claim to have under Anglo/Franco pre and post colonial arrangements.Allow those 4 nations to try Russian influence and see how it tastes.

Oga stop blaming France for the woes of these African states in the sahel, this is what u get when u have inept and corrupt leaders ,laced with tribalism...go and read and understand the origin of instability in that region, it is only wise that a foreign power takes advantage of foolishness of a government....
For example, the tuaregs in northern Mali have been asking for more autonomy since independence, their land has enormous mineral deposit, the southern tribes have kept on marginalizing them, the result is insurgency, and u have such issues across the other nations, there are structural issues that needs to be solved...if u solve these issues, u reduce the chances of negative foreign influence....
If Nigeria collapses tomorrow, someone will come and blame Britain, meanwhile the politicians are the root cause of failure....there are other african countries with French influence, but they have wisdom to manage their affairs to reduce the impact of foreign powers

christistruth01:




We told you that from the first Week when Russia invaded Ukraine
It was futile because it was Ukraine that gave birth to Russia
You don’t bite the finger that feeds you or attack your own father
God will fight you



Ukraine is Russia’s Spiritual Father Russia Cannot Win the War
It has never happened

As Putin said, it is impossible for Russia to loose this war, forget spiritual matter... Russia will outlast the west in this war ...a russian victory is inevitable