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Even if it was a mistake dropping the weapons on the wrong side, we all know it is America that created ISIS omenka: |
JANK23H: seanet02: JANK23H: |
Corruption at the local level is worse than you think. Under Federal system of government, the local government must be under the state government. Oh i forget, Nigeria practises a quasi-federal system. Lol amjou: |
PDP manipulating since 1880 |
doctokwus: |
You must be m.a.d. Her son committee suicide while alammesiyah's son was murdered? How low can you supporters of jonathan stoop. If you brain is too weak to digest the hypocrisy of Jonathan that Aishat Falode is trying to point out here, why dont you refurbish that useless box on your neck. doctokwus: |
PDP is working |
And what makes you feel he is not lying? anonimi: |
kaorama:Fool |
Very true. Buhari/Fashola is the best way of sending PDP away. jaso1: |
Good one Ajimobi |
You are nothing but a despicable fool. 70 percent of the road in Sagamu was in bad condition before Amosun came to power. He has already rehabilitated over 40 percent of those roads. And he is still doing more. The federal road in Sagamu has not been rehabilitated since your satanic PDP came on board. You lousy good for nothing monkey. PhockPhockMan: |
It is the states that contribute the money not the federal government. Our pseudo federal system is deceiving you. JEITO: |
Clown. |
Sagamite: Sincere9gerian, tomakint and others (with your numerous monikers), you are busted!This is penkelemesi |
hardywaltz: Another Mbu is welcomed to town, and like Mbu J he shall flee like a dog while claiming he is indeed a Lion.That is a true Yoruba son |
spyx64: Bros where did you get that rating from?http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60b-us-saudi-arms-deal-sends-message-to-iran/ $60B U.S.-Saudi Arms Deal Sends Message to Iran As American and Saudi officials spent months quietly hammering out a wish list for a mammoth sale of American warplanes and other weapons to the oil-rich kingdom, leaders in Iran were busy publicly displaying their advances in missiles, naval craft and air power. In one memorable bit of political theater, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood under a cascade of glitter in August to unveil a drone bomber — dubbed the "ambassador of death" — that he claimed would keep foes in the region "paralyzed" on their bases. The response by Washington and its cornerstone Arab ally, Saudi Arabia, moved a step ahead Wednesday. The Obama administration notified Congress of plans to sell as many as 84 new F-15 fighter jets, helicopters and other gear with an estimated $60 billion price tag. The proposed deal — one of the biggest single U.S. arms sales — is clearly aimed at countering Iran's rising military might and efforts to expand its influence. But it ties together other significant narratives in the region, including an apparent retooling of Israeli policies to tacitly support a stronger, American-armed Saudi Arabia because of common worries about Iran. It also reinforces the Gulf as the Pentagon's front-line military network against Iran even as the U.S. sandwiches the Islamic republic with troops and bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. "In this way, Saudi Arabia does become some sort of buffer between Israel and Iran," said Pieter Wezeman, a senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a Swedish think tank that tracks arms sales. Israel has made no diplomatic rumblings over the proposed Saudi deal — a marked contrast to almost automatic objections decades ago to Pentagon pacts with Arab nations. It's widely seen as an acknowledgment that Israel's worries over Iran and its nuclear program far outweigh any small shifts in the Israel-Arab balance of power. Israel is moving toward a policy of "pick your fights," said Efraim Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar Ilan University near Tel Aviv. "After all," he added, "Saudi Arabia is not such a big threat to us." And Israel does not come out of the current American arms bazaar empty handed. Earlier this month, it signed a deal to purchase 20 F-35 stealth fighters that could possibly reach Iran undetected by radar. Israel has an option for 75 more. "This equipment is primarily to give (Israel) a better feeling facing the Iranian threat. It is not related to Israeli-Arab relations," said Inbar. "Ironically, in the current situation, Saudi Arabia is in the same strategic boat as Israel is in facing the Iranian threat." Besides the new fighters for Saudi Arabia, the U.S. plans to upgrade an additional 70 of the kingdom's existing F-15s. State Department and Pentagon officials told lawmakers the sales also will include 190 helicopters, including Apaches and Black Hawks, as well as an array of missiles, bombs, delivery systems and accessories such as night-vision goggles and radar warning systems. Congress has 30 days to block the deal, which was first revealed in September but has been in negotiations for months. U.S. officials say they aren't expecting significant opposition. Iran, meanwhile, has concentrated on its missile arsenal overseen by the powerful Revolutionary Guard. Its solid-fuel Sajjil missile has a reported range of more than 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) — within range of Israel and all main U.S. bases in the region. Iran's navy has staged war games in the Gulf and announced major additions to its fleet, including three Iranian-built submarines designed to operate in the Gulf's shallow waters. It marks the Gulf as a buyer's market for arms, led by the U.S. as the dominant Western military power from Kuwait to Oman. Throughout the Gulf, Washington counts on access to Arab allies' air bases, logistics hubs and the Bahrain headquarters of America's naval powerhouse in the region — the U.S. 5th Fleet. A report last month by the U.S. General Accountability Office said Washington approved $22 billion worth of military equipment transfers to the six Gulf Arab states between fiscal 2005 and 2009 through a Pentagon-managed program. More than half was earmarked for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, including a $6.5 billion deal in 2009 for the UAE to buy the Patriot missile defense system. The UAE agreement was the largest single arms approval during the five-year period — but is dwarfed by the proposed Saudi deal. The researcher Wezeman said Iran is clearly the top perceived threat for the Gulf Arabs, but there are background concerns about Iraq's stability and the unrest in neighboring Yemen that includes Shiite Hawthi rebels and Islamic extremists linked to al Qaeda. The Saudi military was drawn into rare fighting in northern Yemen starting late last year, using airstrikes and artillery to battle a Hawthi rebellion that was spilling across the border. "Of course it's against Iran. Of course it's against Yemen," said Wezeman. "You can read between the lines ... but there are not any official statements about it." Wezeman's group issued a report this month that estimates the eight nations ringing the Gulf — including rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia — accounted for 10 percent of all conventional weapons imports between 2005-2009. The appetite was on display earlier this month when envoys from more than 50 U.S. defense and aerospace firms held talks in Abu Dhabi, where they were welcomed by the UAE's minister of foreign trade at an opulent hotel on the shores of the Gulf. As the American defense budget tightens, the Gulf's deep pockets beckon. "This is a critical time for our companies abroad as the U.S. defense budget continues to face pressures at home," said a statement from Lawrence Farrell, head of the National Defense Industrial Association based outside Washington. Jane Kinninmont, a Middle East and Africa specialist at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said concerns over Iran are the primary motivation for the Saudi arms expansion. But she wonders how much the untested Gulf forces rattle Iranian commanders who are almost all veterans of the 1980-88 war with Iraq. "I would not be surprised if the Iranians are pretty cynical about the armies here," she said during an interview in Dubai. "To put it bluntly, they've fought a war." |
Jonathan and his unending madness |
Muscomide: Really? Given a choice between having my hand cut off or being extra-judicially shot dead by some policeman or military man, I know which one I'd prefer. It is folk like you who prevent this country moving forward.If people could have the guts to cut off limbs and televised it, what the hell will scare such wahabis from using humans for barbecue in secret? |
heavenmade: Y do u keep mentioning saudi Arabia And not isreal? People whose hands are cut must have committed a crime and were fully aware of the punishment before commiting such crime. I sense your religous bigotry has no bounds because your aim is to derail the threadBingo. check my post history and see how i normally tongue lash Israel. |
Muscomide: My friend, if you genuinely think Saudi Arabia has more instances of human rights abuses than Nigeria, you must be deluded. The impunity with which Nigeria's law enforcers operate has to be experienced to be believed.I cant remember Nigerian security forces cutting off the hand of offenders |
hardywaltz: Last week the Junior Minister of Education Mr. Nyesom WIKEd forcefully broke into a school in Ogoni Rivers State to commence renovation but here are Federal Government Colleges and Unity Schools that fall directly under his office as the Junior Minister embarking on indefinite strike. |
Henry120: 80 billion dollars worth of arms to saudi arabia. A country where women don't drive and limbs are publicly chopped off. |
tomakint: The soul of Nigeria is what this Western world (championed by the US) is longing for and that they would never get. US predicted the possible disintegration of Nigeria by 2015 few years ago and all of a sudden 'Boko Haram' emerged......conspiracy theory indeed at work. Thank God for the wonderful initiative of the American government.....Only for Jonathan to say that America will know that you are lying |
Ngwakwe: Indefinite detention without trial of alleged terror suspects at Gitanamo Bay in far away Cuba is justified by US ArmyAbi o. The hypocrisy of America is stinking and irritating. The same America is supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia where people have their hands and head cut off by the Wahabis year in year out. |
arresa: Join Rand Paul...Western propaganda |
Osgilliat: mother Russia that only fends for herself and nothing worried them about other countries either they needed their help or not,mother Russia that threaten with nuclear power,if it was Russia that ISIS had threatened..i bet Russia will have leveled Syrian with nuclear war head...Russia seeking for nuclear war since 1700.When did Russia threaten any country with nuclear weapon? |
arresa: We are talking about Syria.keep shifting the goal post |
arresa: The pic/story is fake and already debunked.Who debunked it? |
arresa: What is double standard?That you will support the flagrant abuse of International laws. Will Yemen an America ally have allowed Iran to bomb Alqeeida terrorists inSouth Yemen without calling on America to intervene? This is regime change in the pipeline |
