Those calling for the invasion of a foreign country in Nigeria are 99% don’t know what’s coming for them, and if it happens, 99% of them will feel the consequences of a superpower invasion even more.
You see, history is a great teacher.
I support the U.S pressure on the political class to act faster and more resolutely.
Yes to sanctions on political authorities found wanting in collaboration with the terrorists.
Yes to strong pressure from the U.S and other superpowers to support absolute religious freedom in Nigeria.
Yes to the enthronement of freedom of speech, freedom of association, etc, in Nigeria.
And NO to any foreign military invasion of the country.
For those that needed a small lesson in history…..follow me:
In 1958, the Maronite Christians in Lebanon called for the United States’ support against the alleged excesses of Muslims, both Shia and Sunni, in Lebanon. Among them, the Christian population in Lebanon is the absolute Majority.
By the 1958 invasion of Lebanon by the United States Special Forces purportedly to support and protect the Christian population in Lebanon, several damages were done to the same population they claimed to want to protect.
The country ended up in a power-sharing arrangement that sees division of authorities into three:
- The President, under the leadership of the Maronite Christians.
- The Prime Minister, headed by a Sunni Muslim
- Speaker of the parliament led by Shia Muslims
As of today, the Christian Population in Lebanon is 41%, far less than prior to the U.S invasion of 1958. No one gained anything.
Lebanon is still very much in chaos as of today, while the Superpower gained complete control of the resources of interest in that land, the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Then come the Kurds in Iraq.
In 2003, the Kurds were the principal supporters of the U.S invasion against Saddam Hussein. They went on an international tour, documenting all forms of atrocities against the Saddam Regime.
Eventually, the U.S invaded Iraq in March 2003 to the full fanfare of the Kurds.
Afterwards, what happened to the Kurds in Iraq? No one hears about them again. Their resources were completely dominated by the Superpower. All the oil wells in Northern Iraq, where the Kurds are located, are fully controlled by the American companies, while the Kurds are living under a full superpower colony.
The Kurds are nearing going into oblivion.
And here come the Yazidis in Syria.
They were all over the media condemning the atrocities of the Alawite rule in Syria under Bashar al-Assad. An uprising was ensured against the Assad Regime in 2011, to the full fanfare of the Yazidis.
After several wars that consumed nearly 600,000 lives, most of whom are the Yazidis, Assad still remains in Power while the Yazidis became the biggest victims.
It takes the Greater Israel strategy to take Assad out of Power in December 2024 by a known ISIS terrorist, Ahmed al Joulani, who was openly and visibly encouraging his fighters to slaughter Yazidis in front of the cameras for all the world to see.
In the end, the same superpower rewarded Al Joulani and his team with the Syrian Presidency. They rebranded him as Ahmed al Sharaa, and he was welcomed to the White House with the full paraphernalia of the United States.
Where are the Yazidis in this equation, used, dumped, and abandoned?
I don’t need to remind you about the Benghazi in Libya or the South Sudanese who called for the superpower to overthrow their alleged enemies. They have all been used and dubbed, and the superpower interest always takes precedence over all others.
It is a classic colonial game to use the aggrieved party, justify invasion, project their national interest, and then discard the aggrieved party into oblivion.
Therefore, it is true that we have our internal problems in Nigeria.
Killings are indeed ongoing, and the government has to meet its primary responsibility of protecting the lives and properties of the citizens.
It is also true that the Christians in Nigeria are the ones who reported the killings of their fellow members, while the Muslims sit and watch while they are being killed on a daily basis, simply hiding behind a political equation.
If the Christians can report the killings of their fellow members, no one should vilify them for doing such. In fact, it shows care and concern for their fellow members.
Therefore, no one should blame the Christians for reporting the killings done to their members and destruction done to their churches, and no one should blame the U.S for using the word Christian genocide, because that is the report they have documented on their table.
What of us, the Muslims? Where are the sheikhs? where is the Sultan? Where are the Ulamas? Did they even care to report the atrocities done to their fellow members, even to the United Nations or the ICC? Is there any record of such?
Most of us Muslims sit idly by, watch, blame it on destiny, and do nothing. But on Palestinian issues, you find many imams voicing hard and issuing strong attacks. Is that how the Muslim ummah should continue?
Why would the JNI, the NSCIA, MURIC, etc, only issue reactionary press statements and not take decisive action on the killings done to their members and the destruction done to the mosques? Can we confront the truth and take responsibility for our failings?
Emotional responses or reactionary press statements or certain argumentative defenses we put forward after the damage is done are not what will address the threat of the terrorists and bandits that destroy our women, our children, our homes, and our lands.
Truth be told, there are serious historical and underlying issues between Muslims and Christians, especially in Northern Nigeria; both parties are guilty and innocent at the same time, but we don’t seem ready to talk about it. Until we do, we can’t get to the root of this matter. The greatest healer of all disagreements and contentions is the truth.
It is absolutely welcome that the U.S should leverage its instruments to pressure the political authorities in Nigeria to rise and protect the citizens, with the appropriate shape and form it may take, but not with invasion.
It will be a disaster of monumental proportions to want American boots on the ground in Nigerian soil.
If the American boots are here, they are not coming for you; they are coming for themselves and for the values that they will eventually derive from your weaknesses and failings as a nation.
In fact, if history is something that can be leveraged as above, then the Americans always come to empower those they accuse of oppression, above those who claimed to be oppressed.
Our national Interest should take precedence over all other precedencies, and we should protect our homeland with dignity and respect, while we hold those in authority accountable for their failings.
