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23jerryking:
Undoubtedly, he's good with these stuffs, give him his flowers 🌹.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
His excellency Lord Adams will make this Saturday extraordinarily fun today. What the hell 😂😂😂😂. Guys ditches out Lamba like daily loads of benefits 😄😄😄

😂 😂 😂 😂

23jerryking:
He's one of the brightest brains around here when he doesn't let sentiments get in the way. Just that sometimes he wants you to believe what he wished were true even if they're really not. Lord Adam knows what he's doing, very funny dude 🤣🤣.

Like I said earlier, he's obviously smart, it just doesn't appear where it matters 😂😂😂

23jerryking:
Hey!!!! Have mercy 😂😂😂

He'll make a good script writer for the next pirate of the Caribbean 😂😂😂

Scorpio99:
But Copy and paste NG said US alone has given Ukraine ober 350 billion dollars....

Really 😂
That's like 1/3 of the US defense budget 😂😂😂

Scorpio99:
Our friend thinks it is by writing garbage upon garbage. 🤣
Na their type dey collect extra sheet for exam still score 39 over 100. All the while, they will be making the real intelligent students doubt their own intelligence. 🤣

I'm surprised people buy into all these fictions from lalaland 😂
Same guy has been doubling down on wrong analysis for two months now and people are cheering him on 😂
If dimwits could fly, these thread would be an airport 😂😂😂

LordAdam16:
🤣😂😀

mr, you need to go buy brighter grammar

so you may understand the difference between peer and near-peer like a kid in elementary school

anything beyond that will make your head hurt

-Lord

You obviously type faster than you think, I'm certain those two neurons would catch up in a few years 😂😂 😂
Keep it up

Obedience40:
The same clown gave the US and her forces in the Pacific mere hours in a potential conflict against China, imagine Countries like Japan and South Korea two technological advanced militaries with robust economic tentacles would be destroyed in hours against a Chinese military that can't even muster the balls to take tiny Taiwan

Then he wakes up and calls Iran a country's whose entire airspace was breached by a smaller country like israel who were conducting military raids inside iran for fun


Thread has become a comic relief for stress.. dude has become an embarrassment.. running amok the thread scribbling fictional stories

Well, I think he's giving the people what they want, the people want fiction and he's able to conjure them from several unparalleled realities 😂

One thing is certain, both countries don't want war but according to our ayatollahs, the war started since last two weeks 😂

Obedience40:
Iran is near peer to the US, The same Iran that Israel a small "dot" in the region was bombing for fun for 12days killings high ranking officials for sport!!

A country is moving military assets all the way from different parts of the world and concentrating them in a particular region.. and Iran's biggest play is hit neighbouring military bases and Israel?? Not even taking the fight against the US itself! A country which can not project military power beyond her region is now considered a near peer to the most powerful nation on earth!!


No matter the Nato funding, there's no universe where Ukraine becomes a near peer to Russia, the Russian military funding dwarfs NATO's supports to Ukraine, Russia military industry is ten times bigger Ukraine.. Russia also a major stakeholder in the defense industry.. Which indices are we going to use to make Ukraine a near peer to Russia?? Other than the aged old propaganda Russia is fighting NATO in Ukraine!! Clown if Russia is fighting NATO's.. trust me there will be vast amount of Russia lands currently in control of allied forces!!

Finally, someone with working brains
I have never seen someone type so much words with little meaning like my good friend Lord 😂
Mi amigo esta loca
Its really comical bro 😂

FoolishBoy419:
I believe this should be simple enough. Near-peer does not mean they are nearly equally powerful. It means one has the means to seriously challenge or defeat a superior army in a regional war. USA remains several times more powerful than Iran but by definition, Iran is its near-peer

It's a region challenger, at Best you can call it "near peer without a peer " because they are secondary threats in most cases.

Goodnight 😊😊😊

Kingsnairaland:
You don't know history

No one could take war to France when napoleon was the top dog it was after napoleon kept losing away wars that France was eventually hit

The more USA loses away like in Afghanistan Iran in the future then soon it will be hit at home it just a matter of time

I don't know what books you have read but the British imposed a naval blockade and even occupied several French ports during the height of Napoleon's reign, that was 1803 or so and your Napoleon lost his first battle in 1815.
😊

FoolishBoy419:
"... no matter how wrong that sounds to your ear."

I'm certain you can give it a better rebuttal 😂

Kingsnairaland:
No one says that

The point is the one that wants to rules the earth by force is the evil one and is the one that will cry more when they see they can't rule the world by force

I wish Israel would stay out of this let USA be bold let see if it ready to rip in it quest for world domination

There's no separating the two, they go hand in hand like husband and wife. 😂

LordAdam16:
😂🤣😀

i did not force you to embarrass yourself so thoroughly

a grown man can't tell the difference between peer and non-peer

and he wanted to argue
wonders!

🤣😂😀

-Lord

Bro I can only explain it to you, I can't understand it for you 😂😂😂

FoolishBoy419:
Well said. I don't blame him entirely though. It sure sounds absurd to call Iran a near-peer of USA if you don't understand the technicalities of the word. I think it was last year or so that I first saw someone categorize Iran that way in relation to the USA. It didn't make sense until he explained it in almost the same way you've just done. Conventionally speaking, USA is miles and miles ahead of Iran.

But Iran's vast assymetric capabilities and regional dominance makes it a near-peer, no matter how wrong that sounds to your ear.

Its not just absurd but also an aberation, what technicalities are you talking about bearing in mind any conflict between the US and Iran won't go beyond the Western Asia !!!
The Russians and the Chinese are the only adversaries that can take any conflicts to the US home soil.

Any full scale conflicts between Iran and the US would be felt even in a city like Yadz ( one of the most remote cities in Iran ) and civilians would be the one to pay the price.
The US obviously cherry picks it's conflicts and never picks to face off with near peer adversaries that can attack mainland US, sadly Iran is not one.

LordAdam16:
🤣😂😀

how dumb do you have to be to not know the difference between peer and near-pear
even if you don't have access to the internet, ask any human above the age of 10 and they'll tell you

🤣😂😀

-Lord

How halfwitted can you be to call Iran a near peer power to the US military
Common bro
You're obviously smart, it just doesn't show when you type
😂 😂 😂

LordAdam16:
🤣😂😀

you tried to start an argument on a thread on geopolitics
when you don't know the difference between peer and non-peer

hide your face in shame and stfu

-Lord

Like I said, a simple Google search would have spared you the embarrassment.
There's obviously no end to your intellectual limitations 😂

Kingsnairaland:
USA evil Nato did worse in Vietnam USA used even chemical weapons and still lost and in Afghanistan Afghanistan they ran out yet still ran out of both places

So watch and see when one thousand USA boys come home to be buried then trump will beg for peace

The Iranians must be immortals 😂

LordAdam16:
🤣😂😀

did they evacuate their extraterritorial bases in proximity to their targets prior to the iraq, afghanistan, and even the venezuelan operation?

they're taking precaution with iran
but no precaution in any of the wars they've fought in the last 40 years

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here i was thinking you could at least demonstrate superior knowledge to those at a newspaper stand

russia and china are near-peer

😂😀🤣

jokester does not know the difference between peer and near-peer
imagine being stumped by simple english

avoid displaying your ignorance any further

-Lord

I see your well committed to your current level of understanding, a simple Google search would have spared you the embarrassment.

I really love what you've done with your education 😂

LordAdam16:
dude answer the questions i asked or stfu

you either know what you're talking about or you don't
there is no middle ground
and on this topic, you're hopelessly ignorant

-Lord

In 2026 Only Russia, China and India are near-peer powers compared to the misleading narratives you worked tirelessly to spin.

The US evacuated personnels for precautionary reasons. Its not the first time Nemo

Iran is a regional adversary at best.

You're apparently intoxicated by the exuberance of your verbosity.

😂

FoolishBoy419:
They've refused to understand that Iran will not be fighting a symmetrical war with the US and Iran only needs to inflict some damage to US ships to nuke Trump's presidency

The US is definitely going to take a lot of hits but in what reality do you think the Iranians would come out on top!!!

The US doesn't fight fair and a war where your citizens (civilians) aren't really affected is just a military operation. The Russians civilians aren't really feeling what the Ukrainian civilians are feeling, are they ?

Calling the Iranian military and the US military near-peer powers is an aberation.

LordAdam16:
answer the questions

don't write empty sentences
russia is fighting all of nato in ukraine
that has been established since 2022
and their strategic defeat is why they're suing for a resolution now

answered your nonsensical question
now answer mine

-Lord

So you admit the Ukrainians are armed to the teeth but no well-discerning human would describe them as near-peer as the war drags on.

How's your question relevant to describing the Iranian military and the US military as near-peer powers


Your food for thoughts leaves everyone still hungry
😂

LordAdam16:
why is the us evacuating its bases in qatar and bahrain?

admit to keeping its carrier as far away from iran
and refusing to send a second carrier to the persian gulf

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this war will teach many of you the difference between hollywood and reality

-Lord

Would you call Ukraine a near-peer powers to Russia?
You're stretching the facts beyond comparisons.
You've to admit it's comical 😂

emmaodet:
Hmmmmmmm

I don't think Iran can survive this fight honestly.
Aerial bombing, ground invasion, internal sabotage all at once.
They really mean this regime change.
Unfortunately, the Iranian backers can't be relied on.
And there has been series of events that the hegemon had done that has sent a clear message to the onlookers.
No reasonable leader will want his country to turn to Libya, syria, Venezuela, Cuba, iran, Yemen or North Korea presently.
No leader will want to be used as a scape goat like saddam Hussein that was grabbed, hung and buried deep in the sea nor Gaddafi that was dragged behind a car, raped before killed nor Maduro who was picked like a farmer and in jail.
These actions speaks volume without any deterrence nor blow backs.

The Russians would only go to war for two countries, Belarus and North Korea, the Russians aren't going to stick their necks out for the Iranians, no such agreement was made.
The Chinese would only go to war if the question of Taiwan's sovereignty is brought up.
Those are the red lines.

A country's national interest takes priority before the clamour for multipolarism or the likes.

In what realities are the Iranians and the US near-peer powers
This is the most comical thing I've read all day. 😂😂 😂

Dial it down guys 😂

naptu2:
You want to run? You are not going anywhere!

Do you think that the Venusians and Jupiterians also fast?

I have not freed you, you can't go anywhere until I am ready.

It's really fascinating what you have done with your education

naptu2:
Have you asked yourself, "How does he know that I am trolling". It's simple, your question had nothing, nadda, zilch to do with my post.

You brought an unrelated question in order to provoke me because you thought that I was in your target group.

Unfortunately for you I'm not in your target group, I'm in the group that will use you for entertainment.

I'll invite you to my next thread.

If you had anything logical to say, you would have said it.
I can see you're committed to your current level of understanding.

Its frivolous to press further.

naptu2:
🤣 You can't possibly think that I'm going to take you seriously. Trolls exist for one reason alone, to entertain me. That post was a troll trap and you fell in.

I am going to have maximum fun at your expense.

Come back to my other thread tomorrow, I've got more for you.

I really admire how you never allow evidence interfere with your opinion.

You really have a gift 😂😂😂

naptu2:

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Like I said the last time

"Well-discerning humans can tell the difference between facts and fictions "

You're deflecting because you know I'm right and you've no logical defense.

naptu2:

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Ladies and gentlemen, quick, come and see the type of people that I'm always talking about o!

Hahahahahahahahahaha

(We'll see more of them tomorrow).

Its a simple question, I'm certain you know the truth.
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is a practice that was observed by the pagan Arabs before the advent of Islam.

You can easily Google search all these things, even the Pilgrimage to Mecca is a pagan practice that was adopted into Islam.

Every well-discerning human can tell the difference between fiction and facts.

naptu2:
Sun, moon, calendar, Ramadan and funny ignorance

These ideas were fully formed in my mind by 1987, but I have seen new and very funny examples of ignorance every year since then.

Ignorance

Someone wished another person happy new year (back in the late 1980s) and the person thanked her, but said that he was not a Christian. Many people that were around were shocked. They said that she was referring to the New Year and that it had nothing to do with Christianity. In fact, some of them asked me what the New Year had to do with Christianity.

They were wrong. It's got a lot to do with Christianity.

This second example sounded very funny to me because, luckily, I had learnt the science behind it way back in the 1980s, before I heard the ignorance in the 2000s. Someone referred to the moon sighting for Ramadan and said that it was evidence that Muslims worshipped the moon. I laughed at him.

I had never heard this crazy idea before I started reading Nairaland. I assumed that every Nigerian knew the truth. After all, it was announced on the NTA Network News every year (as far back as I can remember). Some crazy person said that only the Sultan of Sokoto could see the new moon and he questioned why it was only the Sultan that was allowed to see the new moon. I felt sure that he was mad.

Year, month, day

I am not going to be very detailed about this first part because it is almost 40 years since I read about it and I can't remember the minute details.

Between 1985 and 1987 I read all about how our modern calendar was created. The calendar is based on the earth's revolution around the sun. The earth revolves around the sun in 365¼ days. The ¼ leads to a full day every 4 years and that's how we have our leap year (the extra day is in February).

The moon revolves around the earth in 27.3 days (it takes around 29.5 for us to see the new moon). This gives us our month.

It takes 23 hours and 56 minutes (basically 24 hours) for the earth to rotate on its axis. This gives us our day.

Hold on a second. I said that it takes around 27-29 days for the moon to rotate around the earth and this gives us our month, but 30 days have September, April, June and November; all the rest have 31, except February alone, so what's responsible for the difference?

Gregorian Calendar

It's all about how our calendar was created. Various religious and political leaders manipulated the calendar to suit their needs. Julius Ceaser created July and made it the longest month, Augustus Ceaser created August and made it the longest month and Pope Gregory The 13th (Pope of the Catholic Church in the 1500s) rearranged the calendar into the form that we know today. It is called the Gregorian Calendar (that's right, it is a Christian calendar).

All these changes altered the number of months in the Gregorian calendar (there are more changes that I did not list, for example, January is named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, but as I said, I won't be detailed in this section).

You can easily tell that it is a Christian calendar because of the dates. We are in 2024 AD. AD means Anno Domini, which means, "In the year of our Lord". The full form is anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi", which translates to "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ". It marks the time from the death of Jesus Christ and some refer to it as "After Death". The term BC means Before Christ.


The Gregorian calendar is not the only calendar that exists and is being used. There is the Chinese calendar, the Ethiopian calendar, the Hijri (or Islamic) calendar, etc.

National Concord newspaper wrote the dates in both the Gregorian and the Hijri calendars on its front page in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Hijri Calendar

The Hijri calendar is based on the revolution of the moon around the earth. A year consists of 12 lunar months, that is 354 or 355 days.

Just as the dates in the Gregorian calendar are marked by the death of Jesus Christ (AD and BC), the dates in the Hijri calendar are marked by the migration of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (this is known as the Hijrah).

It is because the Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, that's why people are asked to look out for the new moon. They are not worshipping the moon, they are simply using it to tell the time. That is, they are using it to determine when a new month starts.

For example, Ramadan is one of the months of the Hijri calendar. Muslims are enjoined to fast during the month. That's why people look out for the new moon, because they want to determine when the month starts and ends.

Moon sighting

I am also not going to be very detailed in this section because this knowledge is from many decades ago.

All Muslims are asked to look out for the new moon that signifies the beginning of the new month. However, for the sake of unity and uniformity, Muslims are required to report a sighting to the leader in their area, so that the Muslim faithful can carry out the tasks (beginning of fast, celebration of Eid, etc) together. Anyone can sight the moon, but he is required to report such sighting to the leader who will announce that the moon has been seen.

In Nigeria, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) is the umbrella body for Muslims in the country. The Sultan of Sokoto is usually the president-general of the SCIA, while the secretary-general of the SCIA is usually a southerner (for a long time it was Dr Lateef Adegbite).

There is also a National Moon Sighting Committee. The National Moon Sighting Committee usually asks Muslims to look out for the new moon and it provides phone numbers that people can call if they see it.

Once it has been confirmed that the moon has been seen, the Sultan of Sokoto will make the announcement that the new month has begun and he will state where and when the moon was seen and who confirmed it.

This is all very simple and easy for a sensible person to understand.


Contact details of members of the Moon Sighting Committee for Ramadan 2026.

https://www.nscia.com.ng/nmsc/

Quick question

The Arabs fasted during the month of Ramadan before the advent of Islam, True or false ?
If True, who were they fasting to and who was their God(s) ?
Take your time

23jerryking:
Na the same person na😂😂😂. What do you think I'm holding his blokos for?
Only him has started how many wars on this thread while sitting all cozy in his room.

From what I have read so far from our in-house experts, I hope the Iranians know they need this war 😂😂😂😂😂

23jerryking:
We are still waiting for US strikes on Iran😂😂😂

Abeg free the guy, at least he's better than our in-house Araghchi (iran's FM) that has declared war since January 😂😂😂

The war was supposed to kick-off last weekend 😂

Imagination wan Kee person 😂 😂 😂