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and the rockets fired by hezbollah and hamas

, and the hellfire missiles fired by Isreal.

JeSoul:
Au contraire, it answers everything.

Countries whose moral compasses are either broken or non-existent should not be allowed to go nuclear. Simple.

Please, do explain how Iran's "moral compass" has been broken, O wise one.

Congratulations Nigeria !! Now where are those useless critics that wil always take pride in insulting their country?

[quote author=emeka_gh link=topic=338383.msg4748298#msg4748298 date=1255723273]We don't have to take narrow positions on everything here just to sound critical. Must a seat on UN affect food, fuel, and so call common man? Gabon just had some 'funny' election, yet she is seated there.

Countries like Lebanon, Bosnia also were elected, are they that well of than Nigeria?

For crying out loud the new members will be replacing Costa Rica, Libya, Uganda, Vietnam [/b]and Croatia, do these members have two heads? They don't have corruption, economic, governance and human related problems?

What do we derive joy being critical, even at the expense of our physical health?

Someone called Nigeria a "Nation of whiners!" is that what we have become?

For God's sake, the UN Seat is not for Yar' Adua, his cronies, and stooges, [b]it is for US (You and I) - Nigerians.
Lets accept this as a sign that the world still respect and expect something of value from us. We should be proud (even though it's a temporary seat.)[/quote]Excellent post, brother. Well said.

I've been in the UK for the past 2 years, and I'll tell you: if I'm to choose between Nigeria and the UK, I'll choose Nigeria in a heartbeat.

`about time. This time, I hope the FG gives MEND a full dose of the Boko Haram treatment. Take the gloves off, and finish off these criminals.

VERY GOOD!!!!IT IS ABOUT TIME SOMEONE SPOKE THE COLD HARD TRUTH!! Everyone's so eager to blame the FG, but what have the State governors and LG Chairmen of Niger-Delta states done with the funds given to them? Look at the idiot in Bayelsa state. Rather than build more roads, schools, hospitals, etc, he went ahead to build a bloody mansion. Seriously WTF   ?!!

sandee575:
Embracing anti-American ideologies is not the solution to the glaring problems we face as a nation.

Yeah, America is the beacon of hope to the world, NOT! I'm sorry, but I don't buy into this pro-American bulls%@t. Nigeria has its own interests, both foreign and domestic, and that is what we ought to focus on.

dfanthom:
the guy called yaradull won't stop fooling himself!

but it's surprising that most folks are even thinking that the mere fact that we contribute troops to peace-keeping ops should be enough for the West to tolerate a weak & visionless government or for the govt to embrace failure as its main objective cos they contributr troops!!
me thinks one of the cardinal problems of nigeria are nigerians themselves and i feel they'd continue to pay for their docile attitude in full except they collectively unite & chase this evil ruling cabal down away & into hell then shall respite comr their way.

Wow, I never knew that Nigeria was a puppet state to the West.

Well, I don't think the FG should be bothered about President Obama not visiting the country. It's his choice, and I feel its a bit childish for us to whine about it. However, I do have an issue with Hillary Clinton's visit and I totally support the possible pullout from the UN operations in Darfur. As a matter of fact, it's about bloody time. We have the largest contingent there and have lost a number of soldiers there. Despite these sacrifices, the UN bypasses Nigeria to head that mission, even though the Nigerian General slated for that post came out tops in the interview held in New York. Bring our boys home.

By the way, I believe the US have been begging us for troops for the forthcoming operation in Somalia. It's about time we also scrap that. Let them find someone else.

I have to admit that infidelity is becoming a major issue among men. I vividly remember a chat I had with my bosses and fellow co-workers once (all men) during our break period. The topic on relationships were brought up and I raised the issue of infidelity. All of a sudden, the office got quiet and they ALL broke out laughing, telling me that they all had mistresses/side lays apart from their wives. As far as they were concerned, I was just a young guy who knew nothing about life. The saddest part of all this was that they were ALL married to VERY beautiful women and had very lovely kids. What the hell happened to faithfulness and the marriage vows ?

It's the shopping that gets to me. Not the cost, but the hours spent going from one booth/shed/window to another.

It's the shopping that gets to me. Not the cost, but the hours spent going from one booth/shed/window to another.

Personally, I'm not going to hold my breath with regards to the foreign policies of the USA. It is definitely not going to change. New president, same old s@#t.

blackspade:
@sjeezy

Why should China have to bend over backwards for Africa's interest?? What nation, specifically a world power looks out for the interest of another nation?

If you haven't noticed, most African nations have have a beggar mentality. We're happy to suit China's interests while at the same still getting a nice chunk of the pie.

What do you want or need from them besides business, a back massage? Let me remind you, China has done more good for Africa in less than a decade than Europe can do in a century.

It's so obvious that the Chinese would definitely look out for their own interest. Afterall, what they really want the most is access to raw materials that aids their growth. But unlike the West, the Chinese are far better and fairer. They actually INVEST in nations that they do business with the former (China) not meddling in the internal affairs of the host nation. Just look around Africa. It's no wonder that they've been able to make lots of headway in the continent.

One the other hand, western nations will give you a number of useless preconditions that you have to meet.

Kobojunkie:
But @Amaka, isn't it better to educate oneself rather than subscribe to any mesh of nonsense out there just because? China is also a developing country and itself still recieves aid to date. Why is china not indebted to the so call EVIL POWERS? By the way, when did China make the list of EVIL countries? Let me guess, because the chinese have managed themselves to get where they are now, they are now AUTOMATICALLY evil even though they are doing exactly what they have been doing for the past 30 or so years?

Ignorance is NOT bliss!!

Uhm________are you refering to the same China that lends the United States billions of dollars, and purchases the later debts and dollar bonds? The same China that has the highest economic growth rate in the world while western economies stagnate?

You're right, ignorance is definitely bliss. `just that you're the one swimming in it.

If a man knows how to cook why must he teach his wife? Why can't he just do the cooking himself?

I will cook only when my wife is heavy or when I inend to give her a special treat.

texazzpete:

How many Nigerian Soldiers or millitants do you think would knowingly volunteer for a mission like this when they were advised repeatedly that it meant almost certain death to be dropped in the middle of hundreds of approaching enemy millitants?
Only two Delta force troopers armed with no heavy weaponry killed at least 24 Somali millitants armed with AKs until their ammo ran out and were overrun. And this sort of heroism was repeated all over the battlefield.
Read more about the Somali conflict before making an erroneous conclusion.

The only true losers in this issue were the Somalis. They threw away their one chance of peace in 1993 - and they are still fighting till today.

Uhm, Freetown (Sierre-Leone) comes to mind when about 100+ Nigerian Army soldiers held the hotel used to extract foreigners from Freetown against an enemy that was far more brutal, heavily armed, and numerically superior. And how about Darfur were 7 soldiers were killed when a Nigerian base was attacked by fighters who were numerically superior and had more heavier weapons. Oh, did I mention that the Nigerian soldiers held that base without any combat air support (CAS) and no reinforcement? Our boys have been in exactly the same situation. We just don't have hollywood movies that show their actions.

texazzpete:
WRONG.
The primary reason for that operation was not to capture Aidid, but to capture two of his top lieutenants. The US task force succeeded in that mission, capturing the men at the meeting within 30 minutes of the operation.
The operation only went awry when the first black hawk crashed.
80% of the casualties suffered by the US was in the attempt to reach and secure the first crash site.

Durant was released to the Americans unconditionally mere weeks after the fighting. There was NO prisoner exchange - the US rep made it abundantly clear to Aidid that non-release of the captive would ensure a far more vigorous US millitary response. Aidid got the message and released the captive forthwith.

Aidid's lieutenants were released months later in a general prisoner release by the Americans.


18 US servicemen were killed that day, compared to well over a thousand Somalian militiamen killed. The only real disaster for the US then was the harrowing images of dead bodies being dragged along the ground. The decision to pull out of Somalia was a political one by the Clinton administration.
While the whole fiasco is a valuable lesson to the US millitary of how logistics issues could easily turn a supposedly easy mission to a nightmare, to this day, the Black Hawk Down campaign serves as an example in the US millitary of the excellence of their elite special forces (especially the Delta Force and SEALs and to a lesser extent the Rangers)

These guys dropped into the deadliest district in Somalia, surrounded by tens of thousands of armed militamen armed with RPGs and Ak-47s. That they came out of it the way they did is nothing short of amazing.

I strongly suggest that you re-read about the operation during that fateful day. As a matter of fact, i recommend you read the work 1999 of Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down); pretty good read. Don't just follow the movie. Bowden's work gives you a detailed and unbiased account of the operations before that fatefull day AND the main operation. Once again, the USMC NEVER took part in that operation to capture Aidid from the Olympus Hotel. While the operation also involved the capture of Aidid leutenants, its primary objective was to capture Aidid after the first operation which was undertaken by the USMC under the command of the UN to kill Aidid failed (AH-1 Cobra gunship attacks).

As for WO Micheal Durant, he was handed over to the Americans in exchange for ALL of Aidid's leautenants captured. And If I may add, that exhange also involved a Nigerian soldier who was also captured by Aidid's men and detained along with Durant.

There's no doubt that the units who partook in that operation performed remarkably given that the odds were stacked against them numerically. However, their saving grace was combat air support, particularly from the Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) of the US Army using AH-6 little-birds and UH-60 blackhawks, and the arrival of Malaysian/Pakistani armoured units (part of the UN contingent) that provided heavy fire support and were used to extract the soldiers from were they were trapped, and also the extraction of the dead bodies (except for the bodies of the two Delta force snipers that were still in the hands of the Somali mob). Trust me, without these two groups, the body count would have been far higher.

Overall, that mission was a total failure because:
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[li]The US failed to capture Aidid.[/li]
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[li]All of Aidid's men were returned in exchange for Durant and the Nigerian soldier captured[/li]
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[li]It never stopped the fighting in Somalia.[/li]
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Kudos to the IG for changing the policy of hospitals demanding police reports before treating gun-shot wounds. It will go a long way in saving lives in the future. The hospitals could insist that the patients wait for police questioning, but they MUST save them them first.

texazzpete:
Every day you people come here blabbing about the need for a Revolution. Now someone takes the bold step to get rid of some miscreants who were leading us down to ruin and you people are criticizing him. Would you rather wait until the banks
You Nigerian sicken me with your petty paranoia.
As my friend Chxta says, "The South says the banking reforms is a northern agenda against the south. The North says Civil service reforms is a southern agenda against the North. With this kind of mentality, how do we progress in Nigeria?"

Well said, my brother. A man comes in to clean the rot in the system, and all of a sudden Nigerians want to crucify him, WTF?

mjay:
U made a little sense in your utterances, but to think ure out of the country urself slaving your ass out shows ure as patriotic only as u sound. Good luck in your exile

The last time I checked, it was not a crime to visit another country. Anyway, let's get one thing clear, I may currently be in the UK, but the UK is NOT my home. Nigeria is. I came to the UK for a single purpose (my post-graduate studies), I have achieved that goal (submitted my dissertation a few weeks ago), and I am heading straight back HOME (Nigeria) next month (already bought my flight ticket). If you think I'm going to waste my time here doing some menial job when my country needs me and the skills I could offer, then think again.

Exile indeed.

[b]@ Chizzyjay, excellent posts. I'm SO sick and tired of talking to these so-called "Nigerians" who derive pleasure in running down their OWN country . All they do is whine and whine, but none of these morons are willing to fix the problems faced. Please keep up the good work.

And to the idiots i refered to (yes, you guys are idiots), you should all be ashamed of yourself. You think by whining, Nigeria will get fixed? Or maybe I should get the WHAAAAAmbulance for you guys. What have you idiots contributed to make your nation a better place? If you're so tired of Nigeria, why don't u get the hell out of the country? `last time I checked, the authorities never stopped any of you douche bags from visiting embassies for visa applications. Or maybe you can follow the same illegal route through Libya to Europe. Just get the hell out, throw away your Nigerian passport, and leave this great nation for us who still have lots of hope and faith in her. Believe it or not, the only direction for this great country is upwards. THIS NATION MAY CRAWL NOW BUT IT WILL GET BETTER[/b]

haha!! welldone nigeria!!

stine b:
I think Nigeria as a country should be ashamed of it self, if the Federal Government can not contain a national Issue such as the Niger Delta Millitancy tactically without any cause for alarm.
If they go ahead on importing the so called Ex- Marines from the us, it means there are indirectly calling for Civil War.
Infact going by this news im begining to believe that this country will be splited by 2015 as predicted.

Again, there is ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION to bring in PMCs/mercenaries to do our fight for us.

texazzpete:
1. There were no Marines fighting in the 'Black Hawk Down' battle.
2. That was nowhere near a defeat for the US forces in Somalia.

Yes, the USMC never took part in the "Black Hawk down" incident, as the units involved were the 75th Ranger battalion, SFOD (Delta force), about 2 navy seal operators, and USAF parajumpers (PJs). However, regardless of the kill ratio, that operation was a disaster. Reason? Well, the primary objective of the US was to capture Aidid with the hope that his capture was going to end the fighting in Mogadishu as he was the most powerfull warlord then. That never happened as Aidid never showed up for the meeting at the hotel. Then those captured were exchanged for W.O Durant (the pilot of the 2nd black hawk helicopter shot down). Overall:

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[li]The US military was given a bloody nose as its elite units lost quite a number of men.
A total of three blackhawk helicopters (yes, three) were brought down.
The fighting in Mogadishu and Somalia as a whole never ended.[/li]
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Till this day, Mogadishu will always be etched in the minds of policy makers and planners in the Pentagon.

cuteblackG:
Its a pity that nigerians do not appreciate what belongs to them n unfortunately for such pple, they r still nigerians. We know hw the international community see us, but how do we make a change if we dont start by atleast showin support for anythin that promises to promote our name,

The virgin brand did not get such worldwide recognition overnight so y not wait(Those haters) to see what Nigerian Eagle Airlines would make out of the name in future if u cant even wish them goodluck,

Best post on this thread.

[quote author=George_D link=topic=323715.msg4580799#msg4580799 date=1253470973]i think that statement should have read "If you have any evidence that Yar'dua is about to contract out this security job, then provide it." Or don't you agree?[/quote]I agree o .

naijaking1:
If you have any evidence that Yar'dua is not about to contract out this security job, then provide it. Otherwise, there is no need lecturing us on the evils of having a foreign army attack your own people.

No, why don't you prove that Yaradua is about to contract out security operations in the Niger-Delta to a foreign entity? And i don't mean some stupid link like hulu.com. If you've been following the thrends back home withe the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, then you would have known that its been the total opposite. The military (particularly the Navy) has been acquiring more platforms and gears to provide better protection within the region. And military personnels are undergoing more training to handle the situation within the region.

What's with all the negativity from some forum members in this thread? The company just rebranded itself and everyone's already predicting that the company will fail. Why don't you wait for the company to carry out its operations under the new name before you all judge it?

Well, if the president has pressing issues back home, then I see nothing wrong with him turning down these invitations.

And to those who think that Nigeria is a satellite nation to the USA, think again. This nation has ALWAYS, and will ALWAYS be a non-aligned nation. If we were puppets of the USA, we would NOT have opened our markets to the Chinese or the Russians. WE are the ones that also kicked against the setting of any AFRICOM base in west africa. We are friends of nations that give the USA serious headaches (Russia, China, Iran, North Korea) and we're NOT going to break any of these relationships anytime soon. And we've definitely kicked against some of the policies of the US e.g. the war in Iraq. Overall, your nation has a very balanced foreign policy with no leaning to either west or east, and it is not going to change any time soon.



Judging from the posts I've seen, some of you will have no problem selling your nation for the green card or money. Pathetic.

I'm sorry, but the post made is simply BULLSHYTE. The Federal Govt is not going to invite any foreign power to do our fighting for us. Or are u guys so gullible that you'll accept any rubbish posted on the web  ? The last time we used mercenaries (civil war), it was one big mess with Egyptian pilots who couldn't bomb jack with our Mig-17s, or western pilots who decided to prolong the civil war by aiding flights into the Uli airstrip (afterall, they were making lots of money through the war). And I never knew that the Nigerian military was a "rag-tag" outfit. Do you really think that MEND will be able to face the full wrath of the combined arms of the Nigerian military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies if the later were given a free hand by the Federal Govt.


With the regards to the unmanned survellance system, news flash: it's already operational. But NOT under the control of some mercenary group, but rather the Nigeria Navy.