Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: On Swedish TV last night : Nigeria : Foreign Office : Save the Christians

The claim of genocide against Christians in Naija may or may not be true, BUT the "logic" that the claim CANNOT be true simply because the Muslim killers in question ALSO killed Muslims  becomes fallacious when one realizes that not all Muslims are radicals or "purists" like the killing group and thus such Muslim extremists apparently see no "fundamental" difference between "non-radical" Muslims and Christians. Furthermore, insecurity issues can better be handled not necessarily by conventional military means. Guerrilla warfare "AIN'T" an ordinary group of warriors. Political philosopher Arendt has a compelling thesis: "Power and violence are opposites where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends  in power's disappearance. This implies that it is not correct to think of the opposite of violence as nonviolence; to speak of nonviolent power is actually redundant . Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it…." In other words, Arendt notes that "violence cannot be derived from its from its opposite, which is power…." We should see power-violence relationship as paradoxical.

Oohay

On Thursday, December 11, 2025, 12:42 AM, Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Foreign+Office+Save+the+Christians+%E2%80%A2+28+min+PLAY+MY+LIST+US+President+Donald+Trump+threatens+to+enter+Nigeria+with+%22guns+drawn%22+and+claims+that+a+genocide+of+Christians+is+taking+place+there%2C+after+the+country+has+been+rocked+by+a+series+of+attacks+and+mass+kidnappings.+And+he+receives+unexpected+support+from+rapper+Nicki+Minaj.+Why+is+Trump+doing+this%3F+And+what+is+actually+true%3F+In+the+studio%3A+SVT%27s+incoming+US+correspondent+Sofia+Yohannes%2C+Joel+Halldorf%2C+professor+of+church+history+and+G%C3%B6rrel+Espelund%2C+editor+at+the+Swedish+Institute+of+Foreign+Affairs.+Host%3A+Rebecca+Randhawa.+Categories+Talk+show+News+Society+Foreign+Clearer+speech+Narrated+subtitles+Information+about+the+Foreign+Office+NEXT+EPISODE+Tue+16+Dec+19%3A30+PRODUCTION+YEAR+2025+PUBLISHED+Yesterday+19%3A30+CAN+BE+SEEN+June+15%2C+2026+RIGHTS+Can+be+seen+all+over+the+world+2025&rlz=1C1YTUH_en-GBSE1135SE1135&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Hopefully, His Excellency Ambassador BB Hamman, Nigeria's Ambassador to Sweden will surely dispel any lingering doubts that there is no Genocide of Christians in Nigeria…

On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 at 21:22, Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.svtplay.se/video/89ddB1k/utrikesbyran/radda-dom-kristna

Foreign Office

Save the Christians • 28 min

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US President Donald Trump threatens to enter Nigeria with "guns drawn" and claims that a genocide of Christians is taking place there, after the country has been rocked by a series of attacks and mass kidnappings. And he receives unexpected support from rapper Nicki Minaj. Why is Trump doing this? And what is actually true? In the studio: SVT's incoming US correspondent Sofia Yohannes, Joel Halldorf, professor of church history and Görrel Espelund, editor at the Swedish Institute of Foreign Affairs. Host: Rebecca Randhawa.

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