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To many in the Republican party, making President Barack Obama fail is an all out war, even if the collateral damage is America's image abroad. In the past, as Americans wage ideological battles at home, there was always an unwritten rule that all politics must stop at the water's edge - i.e. at the nation's vast borders. However, in the last 5 years, since Republican's first announced their overriding goal of making Barack Obama a one-term President, that waters edge has broken, and US politics has spilled into Beijing, Moscow and every Capital in-between. Perhaps, this madness did not start with Republicans in 2009, but goes all the way back to the "liberal" War on Bush who many saw as an "illegitimate" usurper who was selected by five Supreme Court justices in 2000, or perhaps, this was all on show during the Vietnam War as American local opposition turned the War into a disaster for Politicians. But, driven by the internet, twenty-four hours n...

  Too often, western journalist ignore history , and the tension just below the surface in the "nations' stitched together by false threads by colonial Europe. The only thing holding many of the middle-eastern nations "together" are the dictators. And the dictators achieve the presumed piece through suppression of rights and patronage. America's failure in Iraq is not its refusal to arm "moderates", because there are no moderates in these fights, only sectarian agitators. Iraq and Syria, like Saudi Arabia have been ran by Sunnis for generations now, and the Shiites will like to change that order. President Obama must refrain from being dragged into the morass in Baghdad. If Maliki and other Iraqi politicians trully care about Iraqi as a single, united state, they must make the political accommodations and compromises necessary. The same is true for Syria (and America must be willing to give Assad a pass,  and a dignified transition). ...

The community of nations that evolved after World War II is largely a set of nations, stitched together by a false thread, woven in the image of a collection of mostly failed European empires. The Middle-East, Africa, and south Asia still bursts with amalgamated "nation states", while Europe continues to purge itself of the relics of the great Wars. In Africa, Nigeria, Sudan (now split), Zaire (Kinshasa), Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire (to name a few) a European colonies of multiple nations, bundled together into nation states for ease of European empire-state administration. Anglo-Nigeria was so named, since it was the homogenous land claimed by Britain and all its neighbors where French colonies. Some parts of Eastern Nigeria and Western Cameroon changed hands from Germany to Britain and France after World War I. Iran, Syria, Jordan, Palestine (now Israel, West Bank and Gaza) where relics of the Ottoman Empire that fell into the hands of European conquerors from...

Another faux punditry. Cantor's loss is less of a "conservative" / tea-party win. Many of these pundits forget that Eric Cantor worked hard, at least in the last couple of weeks before his defeat. They also forget that Dave Brat got little or no support from the tea-party guards who are now claiming his "victory" as their own. The true narrative the pundits are working so hard to supress, or are two ignorant to recognize are 1) Mr. Cantor's arrogance and 2) Mr. Cantor's lack of conviction. For 5 years, he yearned to one-up Obama, and soon after the 2010 elections began to angle for the Speakership. His hubristic ambition, in many ways, paved the way for the do-nothing congress of the last 4 years - led by a spineless speaker. These are men whose interest in being "leaders" far outweighed their sense of responsibility to the nation they purport to lead. Many of the faux pundits parroting of Republicans recently found (5 years ol...

The Emir is not a Muslim leader in the same way a Pope or an Archbishop is a Christian leader, or even the Dalai Lama is a Buddhist leader. An Emir is more like a traditional leader, a King, if you may. The Emir of Kano is the traditional ruler of Kano, just the same way the Ooni of Ife is the traditional ruler of Ife. Indeed, the predominant religion in Kano has been Islam for centuries and the Emir has acted in both roles of spiritual and temporal leader. But casting the Emir as a Muslin leader understates his role as one the of the leading traditional rulers in multi-sovereign nation state called Nigeria. The Alaafin of Oyo, the Soun of Ogbomoso, the Oba of Benin, The Sultan of Sokoto, The Olu of Warri, etc are examples of the legions of traditional rulers in Nigeria, each with differing level of authority and influence - based, not on religion but on the historical power base of the region he rules over. It is true that #goodluckjonathan   is inept, and remain...