Well done Nigeria. Many people do not understand the financial and human sacrifice that Nigeria and other Ecomog contributing countries made to the cause of Liberia's current peace. When the going was tough, it was these countries who stood with us, Liberians. They were shot at, they went hungry and slept in the swamps just as we civilians did. The cost has been very heavy on Nigeria, Ghana and all West African contributing countries. Yes we should critize any wrong doing but they deserve special thanks from the Liberian popualce. When we were roasting in the ovens of our own people barbarism, our most popular prayer was for the DuDu Boy to come. I will appeal that West African countries maintain a pressence in Liberia after the departure of UNMIL to ensure all is well. Liberians fail to note UNMIL could never have stay in Liberia under the condition experienced by ECOMOG. UNMIL came to Liberia when the war. This war ended under the initiative of West Africa and Nigeria accepted to take Taylor into exile. West Africa was robbed of the recognition of its mountain of achievements in the Liberian peace efforts. Yes West Africa must maintain a pressence in Liberia after UNMIL. Thanks.

Mr Think Twice

Even if AFL could defend liberia,the nigerians would have love to stay like some ecomog did before.Ogaaaa! real hustlers If you find out they are the one spearheading this arm robbery in monrovia. We should not be surprise if they help people to distabalize our belove country again like they did doing 1990 to 1997, selling arms to the warring factions.BEWARE LIBERIANS, FIRST FOOL DANNA FOOL, BUT SECOND FOOL DA BIG STUPID FOOL.

Ma Ellen's Defense Policy for Liberia: Anybody but Liberians

So, after five years of training nearly 10,000 soldiers and almost of half a billion dollars spent, AFL is still not armed or ready to defend Liberia? So is the Liberian National Police that is expected to fight crimes like rape, armed robbery, and even murder with just flashights and batons? When the UN announced that it was going to start redeploying its forces at the end of this year, Ma Ellen begged and pleaded with Mr. Alan Doss and Pres. Bush to extend their stay. And earlier this year, when the U.S. was searching for a country in Africa to host its AfriCom, all of her comrades at the AU, for better or for worse, sat on their hands except, of course, the Iron Lady; she was jumping up and down for the U.S. to pick Liberia; she even offered free land. Now the Government of Nigeria has agreed to let its troops stay after UN and Ecomog pull out. Besides the obvious questions of who signed the deal, how long would they be staying, what exactly are they going to be doing, what country or countries are going to pay for their stay? One question that really begs is why is it that Ma Ellen rather have foreign forces defend Liberia than Liberians? Even as crime is going out of hand, the LNP is not armed or even meagerly equipped to fight it. And despite being trained by one of the best, if not the best, military in the world, the AFL is not armed either. For those of us who have been following the career and presidential ambitions of the Iron Lady for nearly three decades now the answer is very obvious: she doesn't want anyone to do to her what she had done especially to former Pres. Doe and he Doe had done to Tolbert, military insurrection. Since the day that Doe violently seized power, Ma Ellen has been on a ferocious and an unstoppable crusade to topple his regime. She recruited some of his best friends (Thomas Wehsyen{sp.} and Quiwonkpa{sp.}) and turned them against him, she connived with unfriendly nations and leaders (Bokina Faso, Cote D'voire, and Libya), she recruited criminals (Charles Taylor) and traitors (Prince Johnson); all in an attempted to unseat Doe. She was unhappy even after she was successful in 1990 and finally killed Doe; she embarked on the second phase of her crusade, or simply pressed on: securing the seat for herself. So in 1997, she unsuccessfully ran for president against the one she had recruited, Charles M. Taylor. In 2003, when the Interim Government was been formed, she tried every scheme and antic she could think of to get the Chairwomanship, but yet again to no avail. Then came 2005, after almost 30 years of relentless and unforgiving pursuit, after the deaths of tens of thousands of her fellow country men, women, and children; after the torture and death on one president and as the other fights for his life and freedom in The Hague and after nearly fourteen years of carnage and anarchy that took our country back into Stone Ages, she finally got what she had wished for, the presidency. But friends, the God we serve has a humor that is not quite funny. Now Karma, is staring directly in the eyes and the memories of all she had done in the past to get where is today will not give her a moment’s rest; she paranoid and scared. All I have to say is, be careful what you wish for, little ones, cause you just might get it.

Sir, It is because of people like you that the Nigeria Army is still in your country. You are a threat to the present democratically elected government of liberia and need to be watched by some agency. I wish that I was still an officer.

I beg to differ, sir. It is because of people like Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and possibly one like you that Nigerian forces are still in Liberia. By the way, which officer did you wish you still were, TWP, PRC or NPFL's?

Mr Chappie, I am not from liberia. The last time I went there, I was flying an airplane. Remember the day one of your Presidents arrested a Nigerian Pilot for making a pass at the President's Sister, that was the day and the Captain was my friend and school mate in flying school here in Miami Florida. One other job I did was to bear arms from time to time on duty for my country. I would surely have put you behind bars for treason. yrs PKOwi(Prof-MATH)

Sir, let me first make clear a point that i neglected in my initial response. Rest assured and as God is my witness, never will pick up arms against or support any who decides to raise arms against liberia or any other country; unless, of course, as an absolutely last result. Having said that, Sir, what crime have i committed to deserve incarceration? And how does being a pilot of an aircraft makes you an officer with an authority to arrest and imprison anyone? Sir, please be informed that when the liberian civil started i was a 13-year six grader on a boarding school. Without going into so much details, by the time i finally made it out of the country in 1991, i had lost both my childhood innocence and a very substantial and important part of my family. This is why for me and millions of other liberians, the TRC process is not a joke. This is why i get so ferious when i see those who perpetuated or supported those who perpetuated these heinous crimes parade around liberia and the world as government officials. So, if speaking against that warrants my imprisonment, sir, my only regret is that i only have two hands and a mouth with which to do so.

Liberians, after living abroad for so long, living under the political systems in the western world, there is one thing i have come to understand and appreciate. we have to learn to agree to disagree and do so without emotions. if the acusations against the president is true and you have written and tangable proofs of these crimes or coruptions, bring them forth. As to the pressence of Nigerians or any other foriegn force in Liberia, we have to consider three points. 1. how many are to remain in the country? are the Liberian forces limited to supporting roles, and what are these roles? at what point will the security of the country fall on the shoulders of liberians? As we consider the ramifications of having foreign forces on home soil, let us consider these facts. we have to be willing to put the war behind us, never forget, but forgive and move forward with standards to insure that whatever cause the fighting to never be repeated. we have to chose our leaders not the other way around. we have to believe and work to insure the voting process be secured and honored in liberia. hold our elected officials accountable to their office. liberians complain too much about what the goverment is not doing, and will not step to the plate and bring a viable solution to the forfront. Nigeria and many other countries stepped forward during the war, good or bad it altimately comes down to liberians to get our acts together, we can stop the looting, the crimes, by policing our country ourselves. get out stuff together and we would not need a foriegn army in our country. remember, nothing last forever, the president can not be in office forever, either time will ensure that fact or we can insure the democratic process be followed and honored. either way life will move on.