Fubara David-West Nigeria loves to dance naked in the streets. What fun, it must be over there in that African Super Power, which plays crass politics with an existential threat, and votes out a president, who was battling Boko Haram: the crude band of terrorists!
We might note that Boko Haram was formed and given political cover by Northern Nigeria, and its political/community leaders, including General Buhari, to drive President Jonathan out of office. The North, which prayed to Allah in its mosques, to give it great success in that treasonable mission, actually succeeded.
President Jonathan should be faulted, for not acting as if he understood the craftiness of the North, which continues to be more politically astute than the much-better educated South. He should have given the military, the police, and the security agencies in Nigeria a single command, early in his presidency: "dismantle and destroy Boko Haram within 30 days."
He did not. Why? I think that he was too concerned with not rocking the political boat. Even the fact that Boko Haram kidnapped some little girls: an action, which led to the emergence of an international movement (Bring Back Our Girls), did not force President Jonathan to change his political game plan.
Instead of using the mothers of those girls as his best political allies, his Aso Rock, during the initial days and weeks of the kidnapping, drove those parents away from Aso Rock. Overall, he allowed his advisers and many Nigerians, to play diversionary politics with the existential threat that Boko Haram represented.
Furthermore, and this is very instructive about the kind of terrible advice President Jonathan was getting at Aso Rock, the state that he was allowing the country to play diversionary politics with, was a global hegemon. Anyone with some knowledge about international politics would have warned the president, to steer clear of such a terrible position. Only rogue regimes, which have nothing to lose, ever plays diversionary politics with the United States.
Please also note that the CIA and other intelligence agencies in the United States have very good intelligence, about the strength of Boko Haram, the military strength of Nigeria, and the domestic political games that Nigeria plays with Boko Haram.
Furthermore, Nigeria is not an important national interest of the United States. The most important national interests of the United States are in Europe, the parts of the Americas covered by the Monroe Doctrine, Asia and the Middle East. Thus when Nigerians think about the misconceptualized "global war on terror" and assume, that in the name of such a war (which no state led by some sensible people will actually fight, because such a war can neither be won nor ended), the United States will take over the battle against the Boko Haram within Nigeria, in the same way that it fights against Al Qaida and ISIS, they are making a terrible mistake.
Finally, the United States is not a colonial ruler of Nigeria, colorful dancers. You should also note that you are dealing with high international politics here. If you actually think that the United States is Nigeria's enemy, tell your Buhari, who has decided to follow President Jonathan's disastrous path on this matter, to declare war on the United States.
As comical as that suggestion is, in the spirit of the clown behind the mask and the deadly Owu (Kalabari for masquerade), which Nigerians seem to be having a marvelous time with, someone in Aso Rock might actually take it seriously.
The United States has nothing to do with your problems with that criminally insane gang, which calls itself Boko Haram. You might consider "occupying" Abuja, to demand the 30-day program for completely annihilating Boko Haram within Nigeria, which I was calling for during Jonathan's presidency.
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