OkpaNsukkaisBae: Nonsense. During the #EndSars protest, security agents opened fire on unarmed protesters. When will the US impose sanctions on Nigeria?
After 8months, the Tinubu led FG has failed to pay workers the agreed minimum wage salary. Yet no pressure or sanctions.
I suspect the USA of being behind the endsars protests. At the same time the USA was conducting a military operation in nigeria and the chaos was helpful to the USA. I remember being blocked from YouTube for speaking against some crazy incendiary speech from pro-endsars arsonists who were calling for nothing less than terrorism in nigeria. But if nigeria catches USA spies doing sabotage, nigerian government will pay them a coffee and a kebab and ask how Nigerian government can help the USA spy better.
Allthelight: ok if u.s bombs iran, iran should bomb washington. Let us see something
Talk like a person with a brain, or don't talk at all. Actually don't quote me, you are just a brain-dead cheerleader and a tribalist. I haven't forgotten.
USA can't win an offensive war against Iran. USA couldn't even win such a war with Iran's baby brother (Afghanistan). Also notice that a war between USA and Iran would help Russia and China to give the USA a taste of its own medicine. There is no weapon (with the exception of nuclear weapons) which Russia and China will not give to Iran to fight USA on USA land. Russian and Chinese generals will even do military strategy for Iran.
Finland lost a big part of its sovereign land to the USA without a shot fired, and all in the name of "Russia bad". EU destroyed its economy, for what ? Because USA had plans to use Ukraine (not an EU country) to fight Russia.
I hate to see the EU go down like this. But if this trend continues, then I might move out of the EU and into a more stable country like Russia or Canada.
First, the Russian military is stronger than it was at the beginning of the war. Second 200 billion dollars is not a small amount of money contrary to what NATO propaganda keeps repeating, and that is without talking about EU's contribution, EU's economic suicide.. And as you cleverly stated Ukraine's total demise. And what is the result ? Russia is stronger than ever! And NATO is out of ammunition.
Jovi10: So in other words the jets won't be given to Turkey anymore unless they transfer their s400 defense system to Ukraine or what? They havd played turkey again who thought the jets will be given when they ratify Sweden's ascension into NATO
No, turkiye's deal was about f16. This article is talking about f35.
Never use the expression "Nazi Germany" again, it is an expression meant to alleviate responsibility and shame from Germans. The intention is that you blame an obscure ideology and not the Germans.
OkpaNsukkaisBae: Don't be stupid! wetin concern Biafra here? The guy you quoted is not even an Igbo man.
An advice: When you see proof someone is an idiot, ignore that person. That will save you time and effort which you can then use on more fruitful endeavours.
Don't ask some Nigerians to elevate themselves from the dark ages, they are incapable of that. They see everything through the lense of tribe.
The guy is a tribalist who believes he has a divine mission to protect tinubu from any criticism, because I guess tinubu is the president of oduduwa rabbit Republic.
shoodboi2: You get am. To become the US president today, you either have to be from the Democratic or Republican party. There is no middle ground.
So, how is it a democracy when you only have two pre-selected options? Little wonder all US presidents are more or less the same thing, irrespective of their parties. They all start wars, topple democracies, and kill innocent women and children before turning around to cry wolf and paint themselves as the victim.
The worse part is that American voters don't even decide who between these two people becomes president.
- Americans voted for Al Gore in the 2000 election but George Bush was announced winner. - Americans voted for Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election but Trump was announced the winner.
Why? Because the real voters are a small group of people called the Electoral College. They vote for the US president. And whoever their paymaster tells them to vote for wins, irrespective of what Americans vote for. Is that democracy or democraZy?
I agree that the fact that only 2 parties get to chose the "real" candidates for the presidency makes the process of choosing the president undemocratic.
Appleyard: So many ignorant folks here don't even know that, although democracy is the government of the majority, a presidential candidate in America can win majority of the votes and still end up losing the election. That system is what some ediots here called democracy.
The EC system is a mockery of the electoral system in America. The system breeds segregation, cancels the will of the majority, and enshrine the age-long principle of white supremacy and inequality that has been the core of the American race, social, and political divide. The fact that America is the only country in the developed world that practice this aberration speaks volume.
I believe you are wrong on this one. Democracy is not "the will of the majority" And if you tried to marginalise some groups for having a smaller demography then you would be more likely to face segregation.
Your system is more democratic if each group has the same weight in decision making irrespective of demography.
The American founding fathers understood this hundreds of years ago. And unsurprisingly, they remain the oldest democracy.
Switzerland has an other democratic system which is worth studying as well. You guys are too used to the Nigerian system which is the stupidest attempt at democracy which I know of.
I grew up as the biggest fan of the USA. I still don't hate them, (I can't hate, I'm an intellectual, not a fighter), but I oppose all the propaganda. I love the truth. The war against Iraq took place when I was a teenager, that opened my eyes about USA foreign policy. My dad still loves the USA and so do all my family members, I manage to not deny the truth and to have no hatred in my heart. The truth is important for intellectual reasons.
shoodboi2: These sorts of things are hard to explain because how do you tell people they're being scammed? It's just like MMM.
Back then, I warned those around me that MMM was a scam but they didn't believe because they couldn't understand how it could be a scam if they were making money off it.
The same way, how do you explain to people that a country like the US that claims to fight terrorists is actually the terrorist? Or that the US will kill its own citizen just to start a war? It sounds odd.
Funny enough, I too was on that side 13 years ago. I believed the US was the good guy in Iraq, Afghanistan, and even Libya and Syria, which were the hotspots in 2011. I remember my roommate back then in school telling me the US was a terrorist state and that the US founded and funded Al Qaeda.
I argued with him and denied it because I just couldn't comprehend it. I used to think the dude was being insane and unrealistic. At a point, I even though he was a religious fanatic.
Years later, between 2013 and 2015, I got a job that required me to do a lot of research. I found myself reading through CIA files, US government files, and interviews where US officials involved in those sorts of plots talked about it. The more I dug in to disprove the facts, the more they kept coming up, proving they were true.
At a point, I was like "Is this real?" because it was just so weird. I now know that what they have revealed is just a tiny fraction of that which they are hiding.
Appleyard: So you agree that the US is not a true democracy?
Why discuss with the guy, he doesn't understand the concept of democracy nor does he understand the EU. 1. Democracy is not the will of the majority but the power of all the people, by the people and for the people. It has nothing to do with voting, or majority. All groups are supposed to have their say in a democracy, irrespective of their demography. And the final result is supposed to be accepted by all groups not just the most numerous group. 2. The EU is not a democratic organisation, it is an economic union bounded by rules. Although giving each country the same weight as any other country in voting is actually a very democratic process. But the guy is a dumb Nigerian whose brain is still stuck on the Nigerian way where all that matters is demography: "democracy is a game of numbers"
shoodboi2: You mind them? 🤣 Independent media indeed. They are all owned by the same people and report the exact thing. They were even caught ab few years back. Just see the amount of US news channels reporting the exact same news, word for word.
The first guys to discover this aspect about the media probably thought they were losing their minds. I remember 15 years ago, when I was the only person in my group of students who knew western media were just repeating the same script. My friends thought I were losing my senses. I was labelled "conspiracy theorist" by one friend.
SenatePresdo: Which is i mean the US did not invade cuba?
Are you even okay?
Did the United State armed forces invade Cuba? Just like how Russia has invaded Ukraine?
You don't even know History, and you are here on nairaland forming local champion.
"You don't even know history". This statement shows you are totally uneducated in the field of history. History is not obvious, history takes research and good scientific thinking skills to discover it and understand it. Most Nigerians don't actually understand the field of history, but believe they do, you are just one of them.
You also look mentally ill since you don't seem to understand the very simple comment of mine which you are replying to:
Stoplying: You mean that the USA did not invade nuclear armed Cuba during the missile crisis, therefore they would never invade non nuclear armed Mexico ? 🤡
For your info, the USA was preparing for nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. That is why it is called "Cuban missile crisis". The USSR put nuclear missiles in Cuba and that became a crisis for the USA ! The tension only went down after a deal between the USSR and the USA which saw the nukes removed by the USSR.
yinkeys: Before Russia invaded Ukraine they were at Ukraine border for a month Usa through satellite images told Ukraine but Putin lied and said it was military drills and practices going on there So the Ukrainians called his bluff They didn’t take it so serious Facebook has satellites too
yinkeys: And you don’t think a billionaire is smart to know those who will be able to access the bunker It’s somewhere in Hawaii islands Not in USA mainland
Man, people don't expect the maid to rebel when the opportunity rises. Rich people start to see themselves as natural princes after some years of wealth.
SenatePresdo: Why would Us invade Mexico when they didn't invade Cuba during the missile crises?
You mean that the USA did not invade nuclear armed Cuba during the missile crisis, therefore they would never invade non nuclear armed Mexico ? 🤡
For your info, the USA was preparing for nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. That is why it is called "Cuban missile crisis". The USSR put nuclear missiles in Cuba and that became a crisis for the USA ! The tension only went down after a deal between the USSR and the USA which saw the nukes removed by the USSR.
Don't waste your breath, I've already concluded you are not smart enough to exchange ideas with. I'm not reading your rants.
Damian911: You are obviously brain dead if you think all the contracts Chinese firms are executing all came through merit!
Believing such fact as conspiracy theory shows you're nothing but an uncivilized brain dead zombie fed with propaganda from South China morning post and Xinhua news
Damian911: Where in my response is the conspiracy theories? Point out the conspiracy theory in my reply. China isn't responsible for the ravaging corruption in Africa but are leveraging on it for their selfish interest
I didn't read the entirety of your "response". I don't know what you think this is. You claimed that Chinese deals are being signed because the Chinese are bribing African leaders. Of course for that you would need to provide the proof that each Chinese deal was done through bribe, unless you just want your claim to remain a conspiracy theory. Also funny that you forget your darling westerners are guilty of all you accuse the Chinese of, and much more than that...
If your leaders are corrupt, then that is your own problem, not China's. If you don't want a certain deal from China, then don't take it !