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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Christy 'Apena' Essien-Igbokwe , the wife of Jegede Shokoya of the New Masquerade and Nigeria's lady of songs is dead; she was 51years old. Although her family claimed that "brief Illness" killed her like so many Nigerians; Icheoku retorts that it was most likely AKwa Ibom voodoo and remote control that was used to arrest her. It is on record that she had fallen out with the governor of her native Akwa Ibiom State and have been having a relentless war for political turf with the governor? So who knows whether she was sacrificed to Ekpe cult or even Alusi-Okija as an offal; afterall African science is still very much alive and portent. May her soul rest in peace.
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