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18.07.2016 Feature Article

France Can Learn How To Subdue Terrorists From Nigeria

France Can Learn How To Subdue Terrorists From Nigeria
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The world sympathizes and cries with France for the continual loss of innocent lives in the hands of terror. Nigeria has also paid dearly from the atrocities of Boko Haram, one of the deadliest perpetrators of terrors in the world. Indeed, fighting religious and militia terrorists in Nigeria have occupied the last three Administrations. Each of these Administrations has been able to secure some reasonableness of peace against terrorists while paying dearly.

The common strategy in each case is the involvement and cooperation of their people, ethnic or their religious backings. Starting with religion, the present Nigerian Government leaders have come to realize the enormous and unnecessary importance accorded religious bodies. Religions assume some air of awe bestowed on them by God that must not be questioned by ordinary humans exactly like them. They claim special communication with God.

The present Nigerian leader, Buhari was a religious fanatic until he had a near death experience in Kaduna as they tried to assassinate him. If he was in government then, he could have blamed it on opposition. There must be other reasons that changed Buhari but that experience; a close brush with death was a major contributing factor. Buhari other policies will be for another day.

Boko Haram had chosen Buhari to negotiate for them during the Administration of Jonathan. Others from Buhari side of the North, including Adamu Ciroma, promised to make the country ungovernable. They did, by using Boko Haram to kill and maim Christians from the North and South. However, they did not end there as they were running out of victims, they turned on their own. By the time the world paid notice, Boko Haram became the third deadliest terrorist.

Guess who brought them to their knees? The same Buhari they wanted to use as negotiator. The lesson here for France and the rest of the world is enormous. Nobody is asking for the head of ISIS as negotiator or peacemaker. But their followers must be convinced through ideology and sound intelligence that their deadly acts are counter productive to turn against them. You cannot do that by alienating all Muslims and calling them names because you need them.

During the Administration of Yar’Adua, militia terrorists from the Delta were kidnapping, killing, destroying and reigning terror on their own people and even bombed the capital City. Ebele Jonathan comes from that areas and it was him that accomplished cessation of hostility after previous Administrations bombed the hell out of them, as the western countries’ conservatives call for today. The tough, no nonsense, approach cannot succeed without involving their people

Most sensible leaders use carrot and sticks against terrorists because they lead disenfranchised and marginalized people that have given up trying to move up the economic ladder without any measure of success. Terrorist leaders promise them virgins in heaven, just as Christian clergy promised slaves reward in heaven. The goal is the same; accept injustice on earth to gain bliss in the next life or fight to death and die as a martyr.

Terrorists would try many times to destroy our peace of mind but no matter how much we prevent their atrocities, they only have to succeed once. Most countries have been warned about the latest tactic that destroyed over eighty lives in France, that is why brick barriers are common whenever there are parades in many countries. Nevertheless, the devils succeeded this time to instill fear on the poor and the innocent.

Politicians want to win election and they are ready to say anything as quick and immediate solution to very big and complex problems. They know people are sick, tired and felt very vulnerable. Politicians appeal to our fears and emotions, not our brains. They promise what they know they cannot deliver and some people buy it. Otherwise, it does not make sense to promise to ban, alienate and make enemies out of those you need to fight terrorists.

Suddenly some of the leaders now realize that occupation of Iraq, Syria, Libya and Lebanon were mistakes after calling and encouraging the same for many years to look tough. Recently, Mr. Trump was even praising Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein as the ones that knew how to handle terrorists. Yet some of the conservatives call Muslims and their religion derogatory names. How can they support you in the fight against their abusers?

France needs to take advantage of its Muslim population instead of competing with Muslim terrorists. French Muslims have no economic ladders to move onto and they are isolated in poor segregated areas where they lament their situation in a rich country that has shunned and ignored them. Instead of pledging their trust to France, they are looking for promises in heaven made by selfish terrorists seeking power to head the world religion.

There is a big difference between United States and Europe. Every ethnic group has been able to assimilate into the American dream except the Native Indians and African Americans. Irish, Polish, Arabs and Asians immigrants have achieved American dreams even faster than the native-born Indians and African Americans. These immigrants’ standard of living in United States is higher than that in their home countries. The same is not true for Arabs in France.

It does not mean United States has accomplished their full potential, but it has done better than France and the rest of European countries. Of course the same is not true when it come to the nagging question of race in United States. No country can divide itself within and move to greater heights. United Sates was built on African American slavery and took the land from the Native Indians. The children of these two ethnic groups will rise and challenge the status quo.

So when African Americans say “Black Lives Matter” it does not infringe on the right of “White Lives Matter” that has always been the case since the beginning of America. It is those that have been classed as less than human or three-fifth human that are rising up to claim their full citizenship that “Black Lives Matter” Too! Just like any other life that has enjoyed the privilege since the days of Columbus undisputed.

When a country wants to fight terrorists, you do not want to divide yourselves for the enemy to take advantage of. Anywhere United States is around the world, it can boast of the natives and immigrants from that country. In the fight against terrorists, intelligence gathered by those familiar with that country is crucial to defeating the terrorists. Each time politicians ignorantly condemned European Union immigrants, Muslim, Blacks or Women intelligent people cringe.

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