by Eze Eluchie
In response
to the 9-11 attacks, the United States dealt a massive blow to whatever was
associated with terror wheresoever – Americans, and the civilized world, fell behind their Government
till the needful was achieved;
In response
to the attack on the School in Beslan, Russian authorities dealt a massive blow
to whatever was associated with terror wheresoever – Russians, and the civilized world, fell behind their
Government till the needful was achieved;
In response
to the attack on the Army-run School in Peshawar, the Pakistani Government is
striking hard at whatever is associated with terror wheresoever – Pakistanis, and the civilized world, are
falling behind their Government till the needful is achieved;
In response
to the several dastardly terror attacks in Nigeria, whatsoever efforts at
striking hard at terror is met, from within, with ‘spurious and incredulous allegations of
infringement of the rights of terrorists/terror suspects’ and commission of
‘war crimes’ - led by the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission and his cohorts;
anti-government/anti-country rallies which embolden terrorists to cause more
mayhem – led by #bringbackourgirls gang and their cohorts (certainly, if the originators of this group were Pakistanis, they would by now have initiated a #bringbackourstudents gang in response to the Taliban attacks at the Army-run school near Peshawar); and using the instrument of
a most archaic and ineffective judicial process to scuttle whatsoever efforts
at tackling terror; Resulting in a loss of morale amongst Nigerian troops, directly
emboldening the terrorists, and generating a sense of fear in a population and
polity now living at the mercy of terror.
From outside our shores, publications
in the mold of the New York Times who are now reporting the successful liquidation
of some elements of the Taliban militants in Pakistan in the wake of the vicious attack on the
Army-run school in Peshawar would have
turned round to also levy all sorts of accusations against the Nigerian
Government, its Military and its Peoples for a successful counter attacks against
Boko Haram elements. ( http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/world/asia/pakistan-school-militants.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
); In addition, strong lobbying syndicates continue to successfully propagate the illusion that Boko Haram is a 'socio-cultural response to years of marginalization of Northern Nigeria', toeing the line of renowned terror-apologists.
At the inter-State level, some countries, such as the United States, have under opaque considerations for 'human rights violations' declined to sell much needed military hardware to the Nigerian military; others, such as South Africa explore every and all means to blight the country as it seeks to acquire such weapons via other channels, and yet other minion players in the international scene, such as Chad, acting out the script of their colonial over-Lords, deliberately create a ruse of brokering 'ceasefire agreements' with terrorists, all aimed at portraying Nigeria in not so good light in terms of the war against terror.
At the inter-State level, some countries, such as the United States, have under opaque considerations for 'human rights violations' declined to sell much needed military hardware to the Nigerian military; others, such as South Africa explore every and all means to blight the country as it seeks to acquire such weapons via other channels, and yet other minion players in the international scene, such as Chad, acting out the script of their colonial over-Lords, deliberately create a ruse of brokering 'ceasefire agreements' with terrorists, all aimed at portraying Nigeria in not so good light in terms of the war against terror.
Nigeria, it appears, is
fighting terror virtually all alone. Whilst we are supporting our troops and Government
in this noble venture and rooting for success; the discerning worldwide, realize that the consequences of the worst
case scenario in Nigeria will transcend our borders.
Picture: Nigerian soldiers deploying for duty
