Field Marshall at Aso Villa that sometimes we ignore
certain actions against our neighbours not because we
have anything to loose but for the fact that "true greatness
lies not in being strong but in the correct use of strength"
A look at the map of Nigeria shows that NIGER Republic
runs through the whole of Northern Nigerian fringe from
Maiduguri to Sokoto.
What that means is that if any thing happens to Niger
Republic,it would affect almost all of Northern Nigeria.
A popular Yoruba proverb says anything that affects the
eyes will spill over to the nose.
Nigeria and Niger Republic are like the eye and the nose.
The Nigerian States that have boundaries with Niger
Republic voted massively for President Tinubu.
The situation in Niger Republic is tantamount to the case
where a mosquito lands on the scrotum of a man and you
cannot kill the mosquito but cannot allow it to continue
Sucking your blood.
You have to be tactical in getting rid of the mosquito.
The Most Worthy of Wartime Generals know that
advancing forward in a battlefield when it is clear that
casualties on the side of your troops will be fatal,is
Very unprofessional.
Accordingly,you do a tactical retreat to restrategise.
Words have won wars that bullets could not win.
At the end of the day,it all ends at the negotiating table.
When a man backs out of a fight,it is not cowardice,it
is more of diplomacy,not of gun boat or gun bullet
but of guts and courage to see beyond the here and now.
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