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KaiserSooner
3/13/2006, 09:17 PM
This article claims it to be possibility some yrs down the road. Whether it will happen or not isn't my point....rather, it paints a fascinating picture of a large, chaotic, and troubled country on the brink of disaster.

I'd heard from at least two people who have been there (one is from there), that corruption, extortion, and armed gangs rule the Christian south, while Sharia and the Nigerian Army rule the north, but this article does a good job of summing it up.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200604/nigeria
KaiserSooner
3/13/2006, 09:21 PM
Damn. I just realized the link doesn't give you the full article.

Oh well, it's a fascinating read, nonetheless.
royalfan5
3/13/2006, 09:26 PM
Nigeria was a case study in one of my senior Poli Sci classes. The history and future of that nation, I think are very fascinating, and if they could ever get thier **** together, a nation with a lot of potential.
JohnnyMack
3/13/2006, 09:30 PM
There's no oil in Nigeria.

























I'm just sayin'.
OklahomaTuba
3/13/2006, 09:34 PM
Actually, Nigeria has A LOT of oil.
JohnnyMack
3/13/2006, 09:42 PM
Actually, Nigeria has A LOT of oil.

Oooh you're right. Fire up the war machine, we're headed in.

;)
soonerscuba
3/13/2006, 09:53 PM
Brown people?...check
oil?...check
quagmire amess with sectarian violence and no hope of stated agenda?...check

what is the hold up? it is the libz, isn't it?
slickdawg
3/13/2006, 10:09 PM
There's no oil in Nigeria.

I'm just sayin'.

Lagos is LOADED with oil.
yermom
3/13/2006, 10:18 PM
how bad can it be there? any jerk can get on the internet apparently...
SicEmBaylor
3/13/2006, 10:22 PM
I can't see any possible justification for going into Nigeria unless it's for oil.

There is no other strategic resources more vital to our national security than oil. You may not want to admit it or you may lambast our dependence on oil but without out our nation fails pure and simple.
OklahomaTuba
3/13/2006, 10:22 PM
Brown people?...check
oil?...check
quagmire amess with sectarian violence and no hope of stated agenda?...check

what is the hold up? it is the libz, isn't it?

Its always fun to hear a dim talk about "the brown" people.
jeremy885
3/13/2006, 10:22 PM
Brown people?...check
oil?...check
quagmire amess with sectarian violence and no hope of stated agenda?...check

what is the hold up? it is the libz, isn't it?


What are you talking about? After 2008, the libz will be running the country and we know they never get into messes like this :rolleyes:
OklahomaTuba
3/13/2006, 10:26 PM
I can't see any possible justification for going into Nigeria unless it's for oil.

There is no other strategic resources more vital to our national security than oil. You may not want to admit it or you may lambast our dependence on oil but without out our nation fails pure and simple.

Maybe we should stake claim to it before China does?
slickdawg
3/13/2006, 10:30 PM
Maybe we should stake claim to it before China does?

We could alternatively nuke china with everything we've got and
eliminate their demand for oil. ;)
yermom
3/13/2006, 10:41 PM
i heard Al Qaeda was there
SoonerBorn68
3/13/2006, 10:54 PM
Well, maybe if we intervene everyone might not be getting those emails from the barrister anymore. ;)
OUinFLA
3/13/2006, 11:18 PM
Well, maybe if we intervene everyone might not be getting those emails from the barrister anymore. ;)


Now that would be a real shame.
So far, I am heir to over 543 billion dollars!
Move over Bill Gates.
Don't tell me there is no worth in Nigeria!
OklahomaTuba
3/13/2006, 11:28 PM
Wasn't it Nigeria that offered Osama to Clinton, but he refused to nab him for some dumbass reason?
BoomerJack
3/13/2006, 11:47 PM
Wasn't it Nigeria that offered Osama to Clinton, but he refused to nab him for some dumbass reason?

It was some flaky businessman type from Chad, I believe, who turned out to be totally unreliable/uncredible. He approached the US saying he knew people who knew people who could get Osama if the US would pave the way for him on some business deal in Chad.
soonerscuba
3/14/2006, 01:33 AM
Brown people?...check
oil?...check
quagmire amess with sectarian violence and no hope of stated agenda?...check

what is the hold up? it is the libz, isn't it?

bwahahahahaha... look at scuba's terribly unfunny funny joke, you'd have to be damn near retarded not to see that is tongue cheek. holy ****, there are posters who took it seriously.
KaiserSooner
3/14/2006, 01:51 AM
Lagos is LOADED with oil.

Lagos is loaded with 13 million people and counting. The Niger Delta is apparently the oil rich region of Nigeria.
Harry Beanbag
3/14/2006, 07:27 AM
Why is oil only in the most ****ed up areas of the planet?
OklahomaTuba
3/14/2006, 09:18 AM
Why is oil only in the most ****ed up areas of the planet?
I think its God's way of making this whole experiment on earth much more fun for him to watch.
slickdawg
3/14/2006, 09:45 AM
Lagos is loaded with 13 million people and counting. The Niger Delta is apparently the oil rich region of Nigeria.

I have a friend in Houston that works for chevron, he always just says
he's going to Lagos - of course, I can't name one other city in Nigeria.
Mjcpr
3/14/2006, 09:47 AM
The Niger Delta is apparently the oil rich region of Nigeria.

God, could you be any more racist?

:mad:
sooneron
3/14/2006, 09:53 AM
Aren't there like 7 national languages there? That has to make things tough.
royalfan5
3/14/2006, 11:42 AM
Aren't there like 7 national languages there? That has to make things tough.
Plus the nation has already tried to spilt once, perhaps y'all remember Biafra. Biafra was the christian region of Nigeria.
OU Adonis
3/14/2006, 12:06 PM
What are you talking about? After 2008, the libz will be running the country and we know they never get into messes like this :rolleyes:

Your right, they just run from it.

Jimmy Carter = Iran
"Cigars" Clinton = Somalia
Harry Beanbag
3/14/2006, 12:19 PM
Plus the nation has already tried to spilt once, perhaps y'all remember Biafra. Biafra was the christian region of Nigeria.


http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/member.php?u=39241 :confused:
KaiserSooner
3/14/2006, 01:21 PM
Plus the nation has already tried to spilt once, perhaps y'all remember Biafra. Biafra was the christian region of Nigeria.

I'm pretty sure Biafra is only part of the Christian region. Biafra was based on a specific ethnic group in the Niger Delta that was attempting to split away.

I think. :D
royalfan5
3/14/2006, 01:22 PM
I'm pretty sure Biafra is only part of the Christian region. Biafra was based on a specific ethnic group in the Niger Delta that was attempting to split away.

I think. :D
Your probably right, my whole senior year is kind o' hazy. Either way, Nigeria is another one of the crazy-quilt ethnic countries that seem to work so well.
KaiserSooner
3/14/2006, 01:30 PM
Here's the CIA World Factbook page on Nigeria

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ni.html

Yikes, 250 ethnic groups.