Politics › Re: Vanguard Editorial Rejects $500m Loan For NTA by Sultan5(m): 10:57pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
Just imagine if these fools actually invest this money into the health sector, or into the agricultural sector or into our run down universities. No na NTA competing with CNN be their wahala in life. |
Phones › Re: Transsion Phones Are Cursed by Sultan5(m): 6:46pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
jikins: I agree, I believe the stronger the chipset the more ram it needs to function perfectly. Low end chipset are designed for smaller ram operations. Hence their drain on the meager 1gb or 2gb ram is small to allow more ram space. But highend chipset will demand more ram to operate hence will cause lag issues on phones with low ram. This is why the minimum ram for top quality chipset is from my little research is 3gb. But 4gb is preferred really.
Its like putting a top notch race engine in a car with everyday tires. It will decimate those tires. Said car will struggle to win races especially long circuits against cars with better tires and lesser quality engines.
But in the end chipset are what really matters as phone manufacturers will most times use the appropriate amount of ram to get a decent performance out of the chipset. But if I have the money would prefer going for a variant of a particular phone, say Iphone 11, Xiaomi redmi notes and the likes with a bigger ram. My point exactly!  |
Phones › Re: Transsion Phones Are Cursed by Sultan5(m): 1:37am On Feb 16, 2020 |
Teeboy2300: I'll choose A13 bionic paired with 2gb ram over sd665 paired with 8gb ram  Lol easy to say. Said phone will lag especially when multi tasking. You will regret it really, especially in this age when apps hardly totally close in the background. But I do admit IPhone chipsets have immerse ram management abilities. But trust it will struggle and won't be as smooth as the 1 with sd665 with 8gb of ram. |
Phones › Re: Transsion Phones Are Cursed by Sultan5(m): 10:06pm On Feb 15, 2020 |
Baddestguyp: fact is the most important aspect of a phone is the chipset...I'm not saying ram is not important but chipset first... I'd rather choose a phone running sd730 with 4gb ram than a phone running SD665 with 8gb ram Chipset are important no doubt but you made it sound like ram are of no importance what so ever. Thats why I asked you to clarify what you meant. Its funny you went for a 4gb option for the sd730 why not compare a phone with sd730 and 2gb ram (or better yet 1gb ram since rams are so insignificant) with sd665 with 8gb ram. As insignificant a role you think ram plays. Its still very much relevant when discussing about a phone, but agreed chipsets are where attention should be paid the most. |
Phones › Re: Transsion Phones Are Cursed by Sultan5(m): 5:00pm On Feb 15, 2020 |
Baddestguyp: like someone pointed out...phones aren't about ram...I guess you know nothing about phones... If you did, you'd know the reason tecno and the likes are trash cos of their mediocre chipsets... Chipset is the most important thing to look at in a phone What do you mean by phones aren't about ram abeg? Am curious. It doesn't matter how good a chip set is, put it in a 1gb ram phone and it will struggle. Let's not be quick to dismiss things because others are dismissing it. Both ram and chipsets play important roles. You don't need to go far there are several phones out there with the same chipsets but different ram and storage sizes. Why don't you pick them up, compare and see if there's any difference. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Syrian Army Kills 5 Turkey Soldiers. Pope Francis Prays for ‘Martyred’ in Syria by Sultan5(m): 11:17am On Feb 11, 2020 |
CyberWolf: Listen to your own words, does that sound good to you? Turkey with US (Obama Administration) started war in Syria by arming Free Syria Army (which later metamorphosed to ISIS)to fight Syrian government and the resultant effect is what they are experiencing today. Turkey helped in creating the Syria refugees situation so, they should deal with it. My take is that Turkey shouldn’t be in Syria territory except they want to help Syria army in fighting the rebel’s/ISIS. Let the Syria army with Russia’s support continue pushing them till they leave the country. Its like you didn't get my point. I said it isn't a matter of whats good or whats appropriate. Its a little like the Israeli and Palestine situation where both sides have bad blood and are ready to do anything to hurt the other. Syria government and Turkey hate each other. I feel like you didn't read what I wrote at all. If you did, I shouldn't be repeating myself. Free Syria army and ISIS have always been separate entity. They even fight each other. So equating them is just wrong. See Syria war isn't a two side war. Hell it isn't a four side war self. There are many warring groups fighting against each other. ISIS and free Syria army are on opposite sides. I wonder why US will arm FSA if they were also ISIS. Yes Turkey created this refugee crisis and this is how they are dealing with it. I don't want to be repeating myself. I have already stated that this isn't a matter of good or bad. In case you don't know Turkey are currently in a state of war with Syria government forces. Just that they haven't escalated it yet. Again because of Russia. I feel like am repeating myself. If you had read my previous post there's no way you would have written your last two statements. Turkey can and have helped with the fight against ISIS but they will never help Syria government against the rebel forces. They want the Syria government gone I don't know how clearer I can put this. I even stated that the Turkish president once said that his forces are in Syria to ensure Syrian president is removed from power. Turkish forces entered Syria briefly in 2015 but they "invaded" Syria since 2016. And have been there ever since. Am baffled really. Is it that you didn't read what I wrote or something? |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Syrian Army Kills 5 Turkey Soldiers. Pope Francis Prays for ‘Martyred’ in Syria by Sultan5(m): 8:29am On Feb 11, 2020 |
CyberWolf: That’s some bulshit excuse. If they don’t want refugees in their country, they should be at the the border within their own territory and not in Syria’s territory while dictating where Syria’s army should be. Lol most people here are ignorant about the going ons in Syria. In case you didn't know Turkish forces have been in Syria since 2016. Both countries have no love for one another. This isn't about fair or who has the right to dictate any thing. This is bad blood. The only reason Turkey is showing some level of restraints against Syria forces is because of Russia. They don't want wahala with Russia. If not Turkey would have Syrian forces on the run in their own country. The Turkish president even said this some months back that, Turkish forces are there to remove the Syrian president from power. Although he later retracted his statements. Turkey have supported the free Syria army from day 1 of this conflict. For the Idlib situation, as bullshit an excuse you may think it is. Doesn't change the facts that Turkey don't want anymore refugees in their country. Infact recent polls have shown that Turkish citizen want the current refugees in their country to return to Syria dispite the war there. Turkey has created a safe zone in Syria. Something the US refused to support because they don't want to be in open conflict with Syria forces. But as I have stated earlier, the Turks aren't afraid of open conflict with Syria forces. But they did this so Syrians will have a safe place where they can stay within their own country. Since their own government could care less about their safety. And with the mounting flow of refugees into Turkey. This wasn't a bad idea even the Germans supported it. But the Turks have their own craze for head too. So the point is, this isn't about fair or whatever. These are two countries who are ready to have a go at each other. Russia and Iran are the countries trying to avoid escalation. The US self don tire for Turkey matter since they started attacking US backed Kurdish fighters. |
Family › Re: My Brother-In-Law Dips His Hands Inside My Pot Of Soup by Sultan5(m): 6:50pm On Feb 06, 2020 |
Iwantpeace: it's not because something has been done or not and please I m older than him my younger sis and him are age mates. I m just saying he should respect the fact that he's brother is no longer single.do u know he can come into our room to pick his brother's stuff even wen am inside without excuse or something. My question is simple have you sat him down and spoken to him about any of these issues before? If not then it's not entirely his fault. You must share the blame too. When dealing with young people you have to let them know what they can and can not do. If you don't they will assume its ok and keep doing it. Not because they hate or disrespect you, but because you haven't told them otherwise or set boundaries. |
Family › Re: My Brother-In-Law Dips His Hands Inside My Pot Of Soup by Sultan5(m): 6:33pm On Feb 06, 2020 |
cococandy: Well then let’s agree to disagree.
If someone lives with me, I want them to feel free enough to eat whenever they are hungry.
In her case, if it’s about finances she and her husband can ask him to contribute or only agree to host when they can afford to.
About feeling too much at home, lol. That’s the whole point. If someone lives with you, they should be able to feel very very at home. Otherwise they shouldn’t come.
That’s why opening your home to long term visitors is not a small decision. Weigh it well, decide and plan how you’re going to finance it, consider if you can stand living with said person for the amount of time they need or want to stay. And then when the decision is made, it’s made. Everyone should be able to live comfortably without walking on egg shells. Amazing stuff! Wish everyone was wise like this. |
Education › Re: Dentistry And Dental Surgery As A Career In Nigeria by Sultan5(m): 9:00pm On Feb 05, 2020 |
Julnan001: Pls dental students in the house should recommend textbooks for me. Am in 200 level dentistry from UNN. Pls I need recommendation I think you will get more appropriate answers from your seniors in your school. As it's best to use the textbooks your lecturers use. There are many good books out there though. For gross anatomy, I would recommend a mixture of Keith Moore(for clinical correlates mostly) and Vishram Singh. It goes without saying that you must use Atlas with these textbooks and also for Embryology too if you like. Histology, Junqueira is really good or you can use Inderbir Singh Embryology, Saddler is good or you can try Vishram Singh embryology, which really simplifies stuff. Physiology, A mixture of Sembulingam and Guyton is perfection really. I personally don't recommend ganong. You can also try Fox Physiology, its very nice. Biochemistry. Vasudevan is very good. Never really liked Harpers though. You could also try Satyanarayna, its really good. Best of luck with 200lv, just be calm and consistent with reading; you will be fine. Reading one textbook is fine though, as long as you get what you really need from it. You can just have another one for quick comparison or to cover some of the lapses in your current textbook. Like I mainly used Vishram Singh, but Keith Moore is unrivalled in my opinion when it comes to clinical correlates. Thats why I used both. Just ensure you are covering everything you need to. If one textbook doesn't have everything, you can look for one with the missing piece to help you complete the puzzle. |
Education › Re: Mass Failure Rocks OAU Faculty Of Pharmacy by Sultan5(m): 8:36am On Feb 01, 2020 |
yusman14: You are getting me wrong bro.. Every university has her own unique students..we all know that...ok we are all equall... I got you wrong? These were your words below yusman14: UNIPORT?? U guys cannot stand OAU students IQ and brilliancy....so it is normal in your school.. because you guys are average This your statement was not addressing any group of "unique students" (whatever that means). This was a purely generalised derogatory statement to all Uniport students because they are not in OAU! What baffles me the most was that the guy you quoted didn't speak badly about OAU. Infact he was trying to let other people know that pharmacy results are also as bad this one sometimes in his school Uniport. Then you came from no where with your derogatory remarks. Am still trying to figure out what he said wrong that triggered this unnecessary post from you. But alas! You finally agreed "we are all equal" . That's progress. Hopefully going forward, you always keep that in the back of your mind. I do believe an apology to the guy you quoted would be heavenly. |
Education › Re: Mass Failure Rocks OAU Faculty Of Pharmacy by Sultan5(m): 9:37am On Jan 30, 2020 |
yusman14: well said bro...I only referred to academics ability not infrastructure... I am still an undergraduate..OAU is really passing through some probs and challenges we all know that... As for the sex for mark issue,it can never and it will never happen in faculty of science,tech,and college of health sciences...art students mostly fall victims of this rubbish make your research...
I am not trying to downgrade UNIPORT but we all gat levels...no matter what,the truth will be established... "It can never happen", "make your research". I smiled when I read these statements of yours. Lemme not open some ppls yansh for you. Just because only those in Arts have been exposed, you think it doesn't happen elsewhere. Let no body deceive you bro. A friend of mine in one of those faculties/college you put up there told me her experience recently. Lets be guided please. Your still on academic ability stuff. Am disappointed really. To call other students average just because they are not in your school is just sad. Belittling their IQ and brilliance is just the height of it. You said your not trying to downgrade UNIPORT but that's exactly what you are doing. And what truth are you establishing if I may ask? If its your overly biased and sad truth then trust me you have clearly established it. I don't know really, when will we stop all these useless and unnecessary chest beating that holds no single drop of water. I don't even need to prove how amazing and resilient UNIPORT students are. Because the one you quoted showed a level of class that you so clearly lack. I don't want to say that speaks badly of OAU because it doesn't really. As I am also of Great Ife and I do not share your sentiments. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy the occasional university war of words but it should end there. Don't let it sink into you and make you think your better than anyone because you went to OAU. Peace! |
Education › Re: Mass Failure Rocks OAU Faculty Of Pharmacy by Sultan5(m): 9:13am On Jan 30, 2020 |
yusman14: The level of difficulty of courses are different bro ... Be sincere...I have friends in this two dept Nevertheless,both courses are demanding.. You be sincere bro. I am in one of these departments and I have friends too in the other. Difficulty level being different is purely a subjective statement. If you really wanna truly categorised difficulty level I can gv you level by level break down of what these courses entails. Make no mistake am not a novice. Your statement of pharmacy is way more difficult than medicine reeks of ignorance or just plain pettiness. Forget the I get friends for the two departments talk. Have you walked in their shoes? Lets be guided biko. |
Education › Re: Mass Failure Rocks OAU Faculty Of Pharmacy by Sultan5(m): 11:48pm On Jan 27, 2020 |
shogsman: FYI No country is specifically looking for Nigerian doctors,Nigerians get jobs in those countries because they have a great labour force and they always look to add more people to the ring. Nigeria Is not even in the top 30 list of best doctors in the world. This is not to say they aren't some exceptional doctors around here though. Trust me if those doctors who are in the top 30 list as you pointed out are made to work in the conditions most Nigerian doctors have to face each day. They won't smell top 100. Even Americans admit Nigerian doctors are incredible. Did you read their recent notice to Americans travelling to Nigeria. They were like while Nigerian doctors are well trained, they work in poor conditions essentially reducing the level of health care they can provide. Imagine in an hospital no MRI machine, X ray isn't working. Yet these doctors still managed to save lives. Don't throw shades when you haven't walked in their shoes. Its like building a skyscraper without a crane. If your into civil engineering you will understand what that means. If only health can become a true priority to the Nigeria government. |
Education › Re: Mass Failure Rocks OAU Faculty Of Pharmacy by Sultan5(m): 11:34pm On Jan 27, 2020 |
yusman14: UNIPORT?? U guys cannot stand OAU students IQ and brilliancy....so it is normal in your school.. because you guys are average This is truly uncalled for really. Lets be guided. Do you know the hierarchy in college of health sciences (not sure about other faculty) are complaining that the quality of students they get nowadays are below par? Yet you are here belittling hardworking students in another institution. All these useless talk of my school is better than yours is the reason we are where we are today because we keep celebrating mediocrity just because we were product of said institution. I personally know how bad some lecturers are in OAU college of health sciences and how great others are. Instead of you to throw light on these facts about your alma matter. Your here throwing shades that no one threw at you. Where is OAU in Africa ranking of universities? Let's not even mention world ranking self. Students keep dieing every session yet nothing is done to curb this trend. Sex for marks is becoming synonymous with OAU. And you are here throwing useless shades. Majority of the student population have been told not to expect accommodation on campus next session. To instead find hostel in the dangerous Ife town where many have lost their lives. Oga park well abeg, uniport students aren't your problem. |
Education › Re: Mass Failure Rocks OAU Faculty Of Pharmacy by Sultan5(m): 11:17pm On Jan 27, 2020 |
yusman14: I always feel sorry for those pharmacy guys...the course is more tougher than medicine...I mean far tougher... This isn't true. If I show the recent results from college of health sciences you would be surprised. Comparing the difficulties of both courses is just being short sighted. Both are incredibly demanding courses which our current curriculum have made even tougher. This way only the tough and resilient ones survive. Not the most brilliant. To place the difficulty of one above the other is just pure ignorance really and pettiness. |
Health › Coronavirus: 6 Dead, Almost 300 Infected In China by Sultan5(op): 1:13pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Officials in China are racing to contain the spread of a new virus that has left at least six people dead and sickened almost 300, after it was confirmed the infection can spread between humans.
Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus was first detected, announced a series of new measures Tuesday, including the cancellation of upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people.
Tour agencies have been banned from taking groups out of Wuhan and the number of thermal monitors and screening areas in public spaces will be increased. Traffic police will also conduct spot checks on private vehicles coming in and out of the city to look for live poultry or wild animals, after the virus was linked to a seafood and live animal market, according to a report by state media outlet the People's Daily, citing Wuhan's Municipal Health Commission.
The new measures come after Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered "resolute efforts to curb the spread" of the virus Monday.
There are now fears, however, that efforts to contain it are coming too late, hampered by a slow-moving Chinese bureaucracy which failed to put sufficient measures in place in time.
Though infections were first detected in Wuhan in mid December, infrared temperature screening areas were not installed in the city's airports and stations until January 14, according to state media.
On Tuesday, China's National Health Commission announced that it had received 291 confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, with 77 new cases reported on January 20.
The death toll rose to six Tuesday evening, after the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission confirmed that a 66-year-old male and a 48-year-old female died on January 20.
It added that 60 new cases were confirmed by the end of Monday in Wuhan city, where a 15-year-old is the youngest to be infected. In the coming days, hundreds of millions of Chinese are expected to begin traveling across the country and overseas as the annual Lunar New Year break gets fully underway, compounding concerns of a further spike in cases.
Beyond China, the outbreak has so far spread as far as Thailand, Japan and South Korea. The patient in South Korea told officials there she had developed a fever and muscle pains on Saturday and was prescribed cold medicine by a doctor in Wuhan, before being sent on her way.
Despite initial reports that the virus was unlikely to spread between humans, Chinese health authorities have now said there is "definitely human-to-human transmission." One patient is believed to have infected as many as 14 medical staff in one hospital, suggesting the disease can be spread far more easily than previously thought.
The specter of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), which infected more than 8,000 people and killed 774 in a pandemic that ripped through Asia in 2002 and 2003, has loomed large over discussion of the current virus.
During the SARS outbreak, Chinese authorities initially downplayed the dangers and censored coverage, preventing people from realizing the severity of the virus and taking action in time to stop its spread.
Zhong Nanshan, an expert with China's National Health Commission who is investigating the Wuhan virus, told state media Monday that while it is not as serious as SARS, the number of people with the disease was "climbing" and suggested that the "death rate at the moment is not so representative."
A study by researchers in the UK estimated that the number of infections in Wuhan is still grossly underestimated, with the real number closer to 1,700, based on the spread of the virus to other cities and countries in a relatively short period of time.
Worldwide effort
Even before cases were detected in South Korea, Japan and Thailand, the efforts to contain the Wuhan coronavirus were international. Wuhan alone has connections to dozens of overseas destinations, and Beijing and Shanghai have hundreds more.
Airports across Asia have stepped up temperature screening of incoming passengers, as have several hubs in the US with connections to Wuhan, including New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
With all indications that the virus has a relatively slow incubation time, however, these efforts may be insufficient to stop its spread. "You cannot absolutely prevent entry into the country of a disease like this. The incubation period is probably a week," Australia's chief medical officer, Brendan Murphy, said Tuesday. "It's about identifying those with a high risk and making sure people with a high risk know about it and know how to get medical attention."
Australian authorities on Tuesday quarantined a man in Brisbane who had returned from Wuhan with possible symptoms of the coronavirus. He will remain in isolation until his symptoms have resolved, Queensland Health authorities said.
In the US, the National Institutes of Health is working on a vaccine for the new virus, though it will take at least a few months until the first phase of clinical trials get underway and more than a year until a vaccine might be available.
Scientists in Texas, New York and China are also at work on a vaccine, according to Peter Hotez, a vaccine scientist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it would convene an emergency meeting on Wednesday to determine whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of "international concern" and what recommendations should be made to help manage its spread. Source
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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russian Warship 'aggressively Approached' US Destroyer In Arabian Sea by Sultan5(m): 4:20am On Jan 11, 2020 |
franchasng: You don't know anything about world war 2, when you are ready to learn let me know so I can school you.
If I ask you right now what is the remote cause of world war 2, without using google, I know you will be spewing thrash as you have been doing already.
No problem, Russia ended world war and Russia is the world super power since 1945 abi
I know you must be a Muslim, Muslims hate anything US all because US support Israel, yet Muslims crave and die to go to US and get citizenship, what a confused souls!!
Like me, nothing would make me spend a year in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait or Iran, nothing!
You guys hate US but can't do without applying for US visa and freebies, what an irony of life.
Abeg go and sleep, look at you look at Russia that's struggling to employ and feed their citizens adequately. Come to Korea and sea Russian women flood everywhere doing prostitution to survive because their country is struggling and because they share border with Korea they flee to Korea and you are here blabbing nonsense!! The way you guys spill trash and try to label it facts amazes me. As strong as US is they have so many military protocols to avoid conflict with Russia. The way you guys try to dismiss Russia is just amazing to watch. US and Russia know for sure that a war between them isn't something they can win easily without suffering catastrophic loss. I don't like engaging with US fanatics or Russian fanatics because you guys fail to accept the realities on ground. I will repeat both US and Russia will experience catastrophic loss. Nuclear weapons arnt missiles you intercept easily. You have to do serious calculations to know where to hit it to prevent the fall out from hitting your country. Don't let anyone deceive you, both countries have serious military capabilities, even without their nukes. A war between both countries will be extremely short sighted. If you know anyone in US military, you will know of a US standing order never to engage any Russian military force in open combat. Thats why US troops activities in Syria were made more coordinated and less expansive when Russia began deploying troops into the region. You guys just talk about war as if its a movie. War isn't something you should pray for. But something you should try to avoid at all cost. Why do you think the US Congress were pissed with Trump about his provocation of Iran. As 'weak' as Iran is, if a war breaks out they take US lives. Young men and women will die fighting for their country and for what? Peace is the best thing brother. This is something US knows, that's why they don't actively try to antagonize Putin. And why Putin self shows some level of restrain when dealing with US. Underestimate Russia all you want it won't change how strong they are. And the massive threat they are to the US and its allies. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Attack: U.S Foreign Affairs House Committee Cautions Donald Trump by Sultan5(m): 9:47am On Jan 06, 2020 |
careytommy37: *TRUMP KILLS IRAN’S MOST OVERRATED WARRIOR* .......... Suleimani pushed his country to build an empire, but drove it into the ground instead. .......... By Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, New York Times (January 03, 2020) ..........
One day they may name a street after President Trump in Tehran. Why? Because Trump just ordered the assassination of possibly the dumbest man in Iran and the most overrated strategist in the Middle East: Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani. Think of the miscalculations this guy made. In 2015, the United States and the major European powers agreed to lift virtually all their sanctions on Iran, many dating back to 1979, in return for Iran halting its nuclear weapons program for a mere 15 years, but still maintaining the right to have a peaceful nuclear program. It was a great deal for Iran. Its economy grew by over 12 percent the next year. And what did Suleimani do with that windfall?
He and Iran’s supreme leader launched an aggressive regional imperial project that made Iran and its proxies the de facto controlling power in Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad and Sana. This freaked out U.S. allies in the Sunni Arab world and Israel — and they pressed the Trump administration to respond. Trump himself was eager to tear up any treaty forged by President Obama, so he exited the nuclear deal and imposed oil sanctions on Iran that have now shrunk the Iranian economy by almost 10 percent and sent unemployment over 16 percent.
All that for the pleasure of saying that Tehran can call the shots in Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad and Sana. What exactly was second prize?
With the Tehran regime severely deprived of funds, the ayatollahs had to raise gasoline prices at home, triggering massive domestic protests. That required a harsh crackdown by Iran’s clerics against their own people that left thousands jailed and killed, further weakening the legitimacy of the regime. Then Mr. “Military Genius” Suleimani decided that, having propped up the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and helping to kill 500,000 Syrians in the process, he would overreach again and try to put direct pressure on Israel. He would do this by trying to transfer precision-guided rockets from Iran to Iranian proxy forces in Lebanon and Syria.
Alas, Suleimani discovered that fighting Israel — specifically, its combined air force, special forces, intelligence and cyber — is not like fighting the Nusra front or the Islamic State. The Israelis hit back hard, sending a whole bunch of Iranians home from Syria in caskets and hammering their proxies as far away as Western Iraq. Indeed, Israeli intelligence had so penetrated Suleimani’s Quds Force and its proxies that Suleimani would land a plane with precision munitions in Syria at 5 p.m., and the Israeli air force would blow it up by 5:30 p.m. Suleimani’s men were like fish in a barrel. If Iran had a free press and a real parliament, he would have been fired for colossal mismanagement.
But it gets better, or actually worse, for Suleimani. Many of his obituaries say that he led the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq, in tacit alliance with America. Well, that’s true. But what they omit is that Suleimani’s, and Iran’s, overreaching in Iraq helped to produce the Islamic State in the first place.
It was Suleimani and his Quds Force pals who pushed Iraq’s Shiite prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, to push Sunnis out of the Iraqi government and army, stop paying salaries to Sunni soldiers, kill and arrest large numbers of peaceful Sunni protesters and generally turn Iraq into a Shiite-dominated sectarian state. The Islamic State was the counterreaction.
Finally, it was Suleimani’s project of making Iran the imperial power in the Middle East that turned Iran into the most hated power in the Middle East for many of the young, rising pro-democracy forces — both Sunnis and Shiites — in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.
As the Iranian-American scholar Ray Takeyh pointed out in a wise essay in Politico, in recent years “Soleimani began expanding Iran’s imperial frontiers. For the first time in its history, Iran became a true regional power, stretching its influence from the banks of the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. Soleimani understood that Persians would not be willing to die in distant battlefields for the sake of Arabs, so he focused on recruiting Arabs and Afghans as an auxiliary force. He often boasted that he could create a militia in little time and deploy it against Iran’s various enemies.”
It was precisely those Suleimani proxies — Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, and the Houthis in Yemen — that created pro-Iranian Shiite states-within-states in all of these countries. And it was precisely these states-within-states that helped to prevent any of these countries from cohering, fostered massive corruption and kept these countries from developing infrastructure — schools, roads, electricity. And therefore it was Suleimani and his proxies — his “kingmakers” in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq — who increasingly came to be seen, and hated, as imperial powers in the region, even more so than Trump’s America. This triggered popular, authentic, bottom-up democracy movements in Lebanon and Iraq that involved Sunnis and Shiites locking arms together to demand noncorrupt, nonsectarian democratic governance.
On Nov. 27, Iraqi Shiites — yes, Iraqi Shiites — burned down the Iranian consulate in Najaf, Iraq, removing the Iranian flag from the building and putting an Iraqi flag in its place. That was after Iraqi Shiites, in September 2018, set the Iranian consulate in Basra ablaze, shouting condemnations of Iran’s interference in Iraqi politics. The whole “protest” against the United States Embassy compound in Baghdad last week was almost certainly a Suleimani-staged operation to make it look as if Iraqis wanted America out when in fact it was the other way around. The protesters were paid pro-Iranian militiamen. No one in Baghdad was fooled by this.
In a way, it’s what got Suleimani killed. He so wanted to cover his failures in Iraq he decided to start provoking the Americans there by shelling their forces, hoping they would overreact, kill Iraqis and turn them against the United States. Trump, rather than taking the bait, killed Suleimani instead.
I have no idea whether this was wise or what will be the long-term implications. But here are two things I do know about the Middle East. First, often in the Middle East the opposite of “bad” is not “good.” The opposite of bad often turns out to be “disorder.” Just because you take out a really bad actor like Suleimani doesn’t mean a good actor, or a good change in policy, comes in his wake. Suleimani is part of a system called the Islamic Revolution in Iran. That revolution has managed to use oil money and violence to stay in power since 1979 — and that is Iran’s tragedy, a tragedy that the death of one Iranian general will not change. Today’s Iran is the heir to a great civilization and the home of an enormously talented people and significant culture. Wherever Iranians go in the world today, they thrive as scientists, doctors, artists, writers and filmmakers — except in the Islamic Republic of Iran, whose most famous exports are suicide bombing, cyberterrorism and proxy militia leaders. The very fact that Suleimani was probably the most famous Iranian in the region speaks to the utter emptiness of this regime, and how it has wasted the lives of two generations of Iranians by looking for dignity in all the wrong places and in all the wrong ways.
The other thing I know is that in the Middle East all important politics happens the morning after the morning after. Yes, in the coming days there will be noisy protests in Iran, the burning of American flags and much crying for the “martyr.” The morning after the morning after? There will be a thousand quiet conversations inside Iran that won’t get reported. They will be about the travesty that is their own government and how it has squandered so much of Iran’s wealth and talent on an imperial project that has made Iran hated in the Middle East. And yes, the morning after, America’s Sunni Arab allies will quietly celebrate Suleimani’s death, but we must never forget that it is the dysfunction of many of the Sunni Arab regimes — their lack of freedom, modern education and women’s empowerment — that made them so weak that Iran was able to take them over from the inside with its proxies. I write these lines while flying over New Zealand, where the smoke from forest fires 2,500 miles away over eastern Australia can be seen and felt. Mother Nature doesn’t know Suleimani’s name, but everyone in the Arab world is going to know her name. Because the Middle East, particularly Iran, is becoming an environmental disaster area — running out of water, with rising desertification and overpopulation. If governments there don’t stop fighting and come together to build resilience against climate change — rather than celebrating self-promoting military frauds who conquer failed states and make them fail even more — they’re all doomed. Interesting read but if you're right and Soleimani wanted to damaged Iraq and US relations then he succeeded in the end because Iraqi government now want US troops out of the country for violation of their territorial integrity, after they killed Soleimani in Iraq. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Attack: U.S Foreign Affairs House Committee Cautions Donald Trump by Sultan5(m): 9:35am On Jan 06, 2020 |
TOPCRUISE: US is the one threatening Iran and not Iran threatening the US Nope this recent escalation wasn't started by US but by Iran. Iran backed group killed a US defence contractor in iraq. They also invaded the US embassy in Iraq. To top it of Soleiman was in Iraq a day after the US embassy attack, wetin him dey find for there? US had to respond, and respond they did. I honestly don't fully support Trump tactics, at least give yourself plausible deniablity. But oga responded in open, damaging US and Iraq relationship in the process. A subtle approach would have been better, but maybe they felt this was their only chance to get Soleiman. |
Education › Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Sultan5(m): 9:20am On Dec 30, 2019 |
Commmy: Hey guys...
What do you advice someone from Delta state that want to study medicine at OAU? Considering the fact that Delta state is not part of OAU catchment area. I think the catchment area of a thing has been scraped. But this is Nigeria, you never know. Nevertheless just as any medical school out there you have to work really hard. Score as high as possible, ensure u have a good o level and do your best in the post utme because OAU post utme can be very tricky. PS: There are several delta students here in college of health sciences. Once you meet the cut off no one will denial you admission. |
Phones › Re: Take A Screenshot Of Your Music Player And Share With Others by Sultan5(m): 7:17am On Dec 05, 2019 |
constance500: Can get it please Just Google poweramp cracked version, you will see it. |
Phones › Re: Take A Screenshot Of Your Music Player And Share With Others by Sultan5(m): 7:09am On Dec 05, 2019 |
constance500: There's no cracked version.. Once it expires, uninstall and re-download from playstore.. Das how we roll Dude am using the cracked version |
Romance › Re: I Broke Up With My Double Dating Girlfriend by Sultan5(m): 7:47pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
Respect55: Thanks. Are you in pH? Nope, currently in Southwest |
Romance › Re: I Broke Up With My Double Dating Girlfriend by Sultan5(m): 11:22am On Dec 04, 2019 |
Respect55: I appreciate all your care and concern. I really do. Now let me clarify somethings : 1. If she had valued me more than that boy, she wouldn't have sat down there and watch me leave without standing up and following me. I'm talking of the night I saw them. The whatsapp Pic and videos the guy did was after I had left and she actually posed-negating the fact she was disturbed I caught her. 2. I stopped taking midnighter serious the very time she started abusing me and others Asa way of driving home her points. Who does that? 3.Midnighter posited that there is the possibility that I wasn't doing something right or that she was keeping silent enmity with me that made her do what she did. But all along, there is nothing like that. All she asked for is for forgiveness that she wronged me, not that I did something bad. 4.All along, she haven't said who the boy was to her. It was even the last time the guy came to get Pam slippers that I got to know that he is from same state with the girl. 5. Some mistakes aren't just mistakes, they live with us for ever. 6. How come no one is talking about my healing process and my state of mind amidst these troubles? I feel lonely and devastated and people still have the mind to make me feel worse.
I have heard you, but I'm sorry. She really messed up honestly. And to think she's even trying to manipulate you too. Heart breaks aren't easy especially when you actually saw a future with the person. I can only imagine how you would been feeling if you guys were married. Its no wonder divorce proceedings are very bitter and ugly most times. All you need now is time and a break from this whole issue. Its going to be difficult but try focusing on other things. I'd advice you leave this thread, stop all contact with her and just focus on other things. Time is the only thing really. Don't jump into another relationship. Give yourself time to heal, you will be fine really. As time goes on, the pain will begin to lose its power. Chin up bro. You have done well. |
Education › Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Sultan5(m): 11:27pm On Dec 03, 2019 |
ARCHEMEDESME: what about physics ? will lamlad do cause I know the basics Honestly the only lamlad book I trust is chemistry. Maybe because I was lucky enough to have been taught by one of the authors. I recommend you use it in addition to other physics text like new school. |
TV/Movies › Re: Marvel Cinematic Universe by Sultan5(m): 12:08pm On Dec 03, 2019 |
Blackspider: CW is a cable network, they don't have the same budget streaming service does. Yeah sure thought HBO was a cable network too. |
Sports › Re: Messi Shows His 6th Ballon D'or Awards by Sultan5(m): 2:48am On Dec 03, 2019 |
Well deserved  |
Education › Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Sultan5(m): 2:47am On Dec 03, 2019 |
ARCHEMEDESME: can I choose it over modern biology because I don't have a lot of time Biology is tricky, I won't advice using only lamlad for it. Maybe add mordern biology to it. But you can definitely use only lamlad for chemistry. |
Phones › Re: The Xiaomi Thread. by Sultan5(m): 2:40am On Dec 03, 2019 |
Good morning guys, I recorded my pubg gameplay with screen recorder, it was less than 25mins. But the size was 2.4gb  How can local man reduce this abeg |
TV/Movies › Re: Marvel Cinematic Universe by Sultan5(m): 2:30am On Dec 03, 2019 |
Blackspider: I am watching both simultaneously, but haven't watched this episode of his dark material yet. Love both shows, glad you do too The quality of both shows are truly impeccable. HBO really put in top dollars into their series. Just wish others like CW and co can do the same for all their series it would be nice. Legacies that's really good is just struggling with poor graphics. Netflix also make quality stuff too. Patiently waiting for the witcher. Anyways make we nor derail any further. |
TV/Movies › Re: Marvel Cinematic Universe by Sultan5(m): 2:15am On Dec 03, 2019 |
pu7pl3: If you not an MCU fanboy why do you always talk about only MCU movies or Marvel related topics?
And your whole elaboration on the starwars/marvel topic wasn't necessary..you were basically just saying what I said while still saying I was wrong Didn't I just say I think you were right? And my elaboration on said issue was only necessary because you prompted it. Not going to even bother defending your opinion on me being a MCU fan only. Believe what you want bro life is free. I have said my peace on that regard. |