The Failed Airline Bombing...God loves America

The recent unsuccessful passger airline bombing by the young Nigeria obviously send a very wrong signal to the international community about the seemingly reduced terror cases. For the targeted country USA, it's clearly a wake up call. Indeed it goes to tell every one that the war against terrorism in not over, until it's over. And like President Obama rightly puts it, that security lapse that gave the young chap the opportunity to enter the US soil is absolutely unacceptable.

Interestingly, the arguments heating up the burner back home, is that, the young man fail because it's not in the character of Nigerians to neither kill at will nor engage in terrorism. Unfortunately, no one has ever given a thought to the fact that God loves his children all over the world, and the love God has for America, is so much that he cannot put them in agony at a time they're supposed to celebrate the birth of Christ - Jesus, redeemer of the world. The intrigue that came with the failed Airline Bombing added a new twist with some rebranding Islam as a violent religion. But those who know the truth can attest to the fact that Islam just like any other religion abhors violence, killings and crime in strong terms, while it proclaims peace and unity. Thus, terrorism is a thing of the mind and not nationality
or religion.

Indeed the task before parents all over the world is to keep a close watch on their wards. Additionally, friends and relatives owe a duty to play the role of guidance and counsellors to their relatives/allies/associates. As a matter fact, the failure of that suicide attempt by the young Nigerian, is something to thank God for, rather than seeing it as another opportunity to slit the throats of innocent Nigerians all over the world.

The world we live in is full of evil, and we can only reduce it by telling ourselves the truth in all things and in all ways. It calls collaboration, justice, equity, fairness, unity, understanding, peace and an indiscriminate love for all creatures. Nigerians by all standards are a peace loving and law abiding people, the violence we face back home are often triggered by poverty and religious intolerance emanating from infidels and Islamic radicals from foreign/neighboring countries who often capitalize on our porous border to enter and perpetuate evil. It's a challenge and a problem that is candidly begging for international help and co-operation. And so, rather than using one single case to generalize or blacklist, one would call for caution, honest apportioning of blames especially when the young man's father reported the strange behaviors of his son to the appropriate authories at home and abroad.

We all sympathize with America for the shock coming from the attempted bombing of about 300 air passengers at Christmas. It is expected that the relevant authorities will take a decisive step to ensure that subsequent attempts are foiled and arrested like the one of December 25, 2009. And for those who take delight in killing innocent souls, woe on to them and to their families who failed in their responsibilities.