jerryskids

What do you think, Moderate Tim?

This is timely, as I'm long overdue to regrip. I might do it tomorrow as well. I've historically preferred corded grips; what say you all?

That's exactly right, Tim. You should leave the thread. Maybe even delete your account.

So to be clear, I made my position clear, twice, including a second time just for you. Nothing you "quoted" was either supported or in the link that was my objection. If this third time doesn't help, I apologize in advance, as I can't fix your or Gutter's stupid.

How's that review of those X posts going?

No, should I? As I've said before, I mostly use X for sports info. Here is the top post on their account: Seems moderate, by your and Tim's standards.

Anonymous?

No. Including "may have" would soften the bias, but the fact remains that they made an assertion and never sourced it. Surely the great and unbiased Reuters can include a link to an earlier article, post, or anything to support their conclusion? Since they didn't, as a reader I'm led to believe that support is to follow in the article. Instead we get a quote from the foreign minister saying they are working with the US on anti-terrorism. What now? This is the opposite of the assertion they just made. And of course Gutter selectively posted stuff. He's a man of integrity after all.

Read the thread.

Good idea, the moderates. And no, I didn't admit it. To refresh your memory, my position is:

I addressed this. You are just in your typical TDS DEFCON -3, completely closed to anything that might remotely conflict with your model of OMB#!#$@#%#@! You just lack the self awareness to see it. Looking forward to your thoughts on the X posts.

You are the only one who thinks you clearly showed anything. The rest of us are laughing at you. We've moved past him! In case you've reconsidered:

Your lack of self awareness should be shocking, but it isn't.

Thoughts on the security guy's X posts? The guy who was the only support for the Leftie Reuters conclusions in the article?

You're a little touched, aren't you. I'll be nicer in the future.

Oh good, Moderate Tim has entered the fray,

It would be funny if it weren't so sad. He doesn't care about the only support in that article, who clearly has a gripe with the Nigerian president because the president wants to address terrorism. Won't even read it. Because "we've" moved past him. The party of information and knowledge.

His X posts are the only supporting evidence in that article. And Christian genocide is terrorism. Otherwise, good post, good effort.

You must have accidentally deleted my question about Adamu's X posts. See, a conversation is back and forth, not just you asking questions.

My guess is that the US went to Nigeria about stopping the Christian genocide, the Nigerian president said that they have a tenuous relationship between the Christians and the Muslims, so it's better if we position it as religion-neutral "terrorists" so that one side doesn't get pissed.

I'm on record as saying your link doesn't adequately support that position. I wasn't there for the actual discussion. Thoughts on Adamu's X posts?

Sigh, Most of that is opinions of the Reuters reporters, supported only by some security management guy named Kabir Adamu, not by the Nigerian government. If you check out his twitter feed, you'll see that he disagrees with the Nigerian president taking actions against terrorists. https://x.com/kbadtweet He may or may not be correct about the powers of the Nigerian president, but it seems odd for a security person to object to actions against terrorists... unless maybe it is bad for his security business if bad guys go away. Regardless, he's not objective. I hope this deeper dive has been educational for you.

I searched for "bomb" in the link and came up empty. Please post the part of the link you are talking about.

Yes. It has quotes from Nigerian officials saying they are working with the US. It describes a group of Islamic jihadists who were the likely targets. The headline is lefty pap from Reuters which is unsubstantiated by the body of the article. Since you apparently can't read, I'm glad I could be of help.

Wait, Nigeria is working with the US to fight terrorism? @Ron_Artest told me it's not about terrorism, it's about bombing health centers in Jabo!