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.

Friday, February 4, 2022

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SNAGS UP HIS OWN TERRORISM TROPHY: KILLS ISIS LEADER AL QURAYSHI.

ICHEOKU says while we concede that America's dedication to fighting the scourge of islamist terrorism is absolutely resolute, we beg to differ that the killing of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al- Qurayshi dealt a "catastrophic blow to ISIS". The Islamist terrorists group are legion and they are resilient too. They have an entrenched hierarchical order of succession and will appoint a new leader as soon as the smoke of the raid settles down and they have mourned their departed leader. Killing of al Qurayshi is definitely a set back no doubt, but it will neither end ISIS nor stop their terrorism. They are fully resolved in prosecuting their nefarious activities and will dust up and soldier on.

We heard the same thing when President Donald John Trump snagged up Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but the terrorist group quickly appointed his replacement in the fella who just blew himself and family up. President Barack Obama before that, also said a similar thing about al Qaeda after he sent Osama bin Laden to his maker, but the terrorist group is silent operating. President George W Bush had a similar thought when he took out Saddam Hussein and many other terrorists in Afghanistan, believing that Islamist terrorism has been kneecapped. 

The fact of the matter is that these Islamists terrorists, unlike President Vladimir Putin, have succession plans that as soon as they are sent to their seventy virgins, the one waiting in the wings springs into action. They do not hold elections nor are they democratic, but they have masterfully figured out how not to leave a vacuum of authority. This is their sustaining attribute,  how they outlast every American president and the reason they have survived to this date and it doesn't look like they are going anywhere any time soon. 

As President Barack Obama once said and he might be right, we may have to just adjust our expectations about eliminating Islamist terrorism and learn how to live our lives with it as an existing constant threat. Two things are working against their elimination: one, they are fanatically committed to their cause and two, they are not afraid to die. Their women are still making babies, some of who will end up joining the terrorism business. It is a fact; there is no need to paper over it or sweet-coat what is. It is akin to draining a body of water with its tributaries still running. 

Any person who would blow his family, wife and children up is batshit crazy and it represents what we are dealing with. A lot of mentally messed up fanatics who are bereft of reason and humanity just because they have some other warped conception of what is the true path. As President Joe Biden rightly articulated, we have to remain vigilant and prepared to nip whatever they are plotting in the bud through a direct action against their leaders any time we secure such an actionable intelligence. 

Taking them off the battlefield, one terrorist leader at a time, is a good attrition method to bleed the Islamists terror organizations. It also sends a strong message to terrorists all over the world that there is no safe haven for them anywhere on this planet. America will pursue them, locate them and take them out as they are all dead men walking with large bullseyes tattooed on their foreheads and painted all over their body. 

It is good that the ISIS leader died as it saved American taxpayers the burden of taking care of him in detention as well as the cost of defense lawyers for him. Instead of wasting further resources on him, for probably the next 20 years or more, it is good that his days of terror ended as it did. It frees up resources for other targets that need to be brought to justice too. There is no greater justice that could have otherwise been served on him than the death penalty and good enough, he did it for us and saved everyone the headache of a life incarceration or later execution.

These terrorists do not care about their women and children, so why should we or demand of our soldiers to take extra risk in saving them during operations. The guy blew up his "women and children" without a whiff, so why should we mind if their "women and children" become collateral damage during any active encounter. Although it is a noble idea to strive for, it should only be encouraged when it is safely feasible, but never at greater risk of loss of lives and limbs to our fighting men and women. 

These women are aiders and abetters of and accomplices to terrorism. They love these men, they marry them, they birth children for them, some who might grow up becoming terrorists themselves. So what exactly is the logic in saving these women if they unduly expose themselves or are they any different from their terrorist husbands and partners in crime.  Let us not forget that Pakistani Dr Saddiki is a woman. They possibly instigate their husbands into terrorism as it was not only Lady Macbeth who could persuade her husband to commit murder. 

On matters arising, if the "mechanically" challenged helicopter during the operation was subsequently "properly disposed", why again were those other several helicopters that were abandoned in Afghanistan not similarly "properly disposed" before the withdrawal? A military that is trained to destroy things and kill, could easily have easily destroyed all the military equipment and weapons that were left in Afghanistan, if they had wanted. 

Anyway, the fight against terrorism is a lifetime commitment and good enough, America has the resolve to stay the course, and will continue hunting them down and eliminating them. We thank the good Lord Almighty that no American soldier was lost during the operation. Congratulations to President Joe Biden for pulling this off and he now joins the list of presidents who got a terrorist honcho. Kudos to the men and women in uniform who successfully executed the  command of their Commander in Chief. It is good. 

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