GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Monday, August 2, 2021

AFGHANIS HAVE NO LOVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY: SO TALIBANS CAN HAVE IT.

ICHEOKU says a close observation of the category of Afghanis fleeing in the face of Taliban's continuous advance reveals one disturbing fact. Pictures and videos seen so far reveal that majority of those fleeing are able bodied young men and women, a group which usually constitute the fighting age of any society or country. If this group of people are fleeing, who else is supposed to confront the Talibans. Who else is supposed to protect and defend Afghanistan from being once again captured by the fundamentalist jihadists, who want to reimpose on Afghanistan their medieval way of life and raw understanding of Islam. 

Who do they want or expect to stand up against the Talibans and/or even die defending their country for them if they chose to run away rather than stay and fight? Is it their aged parents or the unappreciated foreigners who have already sacrificed a lot in blood and treasure for more than two decades defending them? Is twenty years not enough time already for them to have firmed their backbones, man up and stand up to the Talibans? Why are they not volunteering to be recruited into the Afghanistan army and join in the effort to keep the Talibans at bay, defeat or even crush them for good; and in that way secure their country forever. 

Do they not know that they owe a sacrifice to their own children and children's children, a future Afghanistan that knows peace and which lives in harmony and prosperity. If foreigners can bleed and die for their Afghanistan, why not themselves, since Afghanistan is for Afghanis and no one else. Majority of the foreigners who were defending Afghanistan belong to the same age bracket as those Afghanis fleeing in droves through boats and all manners of other transportations such as donkeys and camels as well as by foot into Eastern Turkey. They are fleeing instead of fighting for their country and you ask yourself what is wrong with this young Afghanis. 

Why have they become so cowardly and very indifferent to having a secured country where they can live in peace and thrive; and have instead chosen to abandon it to the Talibans. What will they tell their children is the reason Afghanistan fell to the Talibans and they no longer have a country where they can freely exist without being subjected to archaic practices of ancient Islam. It is disheartening to see this particular group of Afghanis abandon their country just because their freeloading on America and the negligible allies of the "willing" finally dried up. 

ICHEOKU says Joe Biden remaining resolute on ending American troops presence in Afghanistan is one decision that might attract him additional votes if he runs in 2024. It is a right decision, having correctly read Afghanis' plan of enjoying a never ending American troops presence on their soil protecting them. They did not want to ever grow up or mature into a formidable country, capable, willing and able to take charge of their affairs. They do not want to do the heavy lifting necessarily required in having a country which they can truly, indeed call their own and proudly so. 

Even their foul mouthed former President Hamid Karzai is no where to be found leading his Afghani people in battling the Talibans. After all he said against America, accusing American troops of al manners of war atrocities against his people, it is surprising that he has not yet adorned military fatigues and with AK47, charging against the Talibans. But it is obvious that he cavorts with the Talibans and it also appears that majority of Afghanis love their Talibans, otherwise why are they not fighting them with fervor instead of fleeing. Therefore, in the unfortunate event Afghanis allow the Talibans to overrun their country, so be it. 

ICHEOKU will not break a tear for such an outcome because it appears that Afghanis are not serious about having a peaceful and secured free country that will not be under a Taliban imposed acute Islamic bondage. Nobody can love Afghanistan more than Afghanis themselves, so as they lead so should everyone else follow in the matter of Afghanistan security. It is the responsibility and duty of Afghanis to safeguard, defend, protect and secure their country. They can source weapons but the manpower is strictly theirs; or the mercenaries which they can hire. No more American blood and treasure for Afghanistan and on this, Joe Biden's lead is germane. 

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