Libyans during NATOs bombardment enjoyed one of Africa's best living standards. Free healthcare, free education, good infrastructure.....Libyans called for foreign intervention over "RIOTS". Not hunger, not war....they saw what has happening in Tunisia and thought it was cool.
Libya after foreign intervention
Libya today. A failed state occupied by France, Russia, Turkey, United States, UAE. This was once one of the most powerful country in Africa.
Serbians before NATO intervention
Serbia after NATO intervention
This will not sit well with many. But truth has to be told. If we allow partisan hatred push us to light our house on fire we will bitterly regret it. Nigeria is not a war zone. Except a few northeastern and northwestern states the rest of Nigeria is relatively untouched.
Lagos is not a war zone. Neither is Abuja, Rivers, Edo, Oyo, Kano, Ibadan, Bayelsa, Osun, Delta, Ekiti, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Anambra, Ondo....only in the war ravaged northeast/west will you find signs of war and not one in a thousand Nigerian has seen this.
Kidnappings and abductions does not warrant foriegn military intervention. The Nigerian military has not and cannot be defeated, Boko Haram, ISWAP are suffering incaculable losses. They know the war is lost, they cannot hope to win. But they have final weapon.
A very powerful weapon. That weapon is partisan hatred among tens of millions of Nigerians and selfish politicians. So they start going after soft targets on a daily basis.
The superlative reaction of Nigerians, who because they are not be affected by the war wants the government to fail just so they can say "i told you so".

And its working. I am not saying the country is stable,. neither should kidnappings be tolerated. But to insinuate
Boko Haram/ISWAP has won. The military has bene defeated, Nigeria has fallen apart, Boko Haram/ISWAP has taken over the country and we need foriegn intervention...is beyond self sabotage. It is wickednes and the highway to losing the independence many franco states wish they had
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