Does it make sense to criminalize Nigeria, a country of 150 million people, due to the single act of one Nigerian citizen? Apparently, the US Government thinks “YES”!
Nigeria, a country that is evenly divided along religious lines between Christianity and Islam, was recently placed on the United States’ list of so-called “terrorist” countries. This list includes the likes of Iran, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Yemen. This extreme measure was taken as a response to the recent attempted terrorist attack by a Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, of a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight.
This is just a power play by the US government. US put Nigeria on that list because it rightfully thinks it can get away with this action … which it certainly will. The US government had to do “something” to Nigeria to show the US population that the US government was “punishing” the so-called “Nigerian terrorist country”.
Interesting proposition: how about adding UK, France, and Germany to the list? London (or Paris or Frankfurt?) is arguably the one non-Middle Eastern city with the highest probability of originating a terrorist. Of course, the idea sounds ludicrous, just as ludicrous as Nigeria being given “terrorist country” status.
ChairmanKing.com strongly condemns Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and his attempted terrorist act. However, the US should not criminalize a country for the single act of one person.
Source(s): CNBC
