And when a commander is serially losing battles, what does a competent Commander-in-Chief do? President Goodluck Jonathan must act swiftly and decisively to “degrade and destroy this new brand of evil”.
We cannot continue to live in denial; some of our military and intelligence forces have lost their groove; their repeated folding before the fanatical Boko Haram fighters has humiliated all Nigerians, disgusted our international partners, cost thousands of human lives and destruction of colossal property. In war, it is said that when success goes unrewarded and the most extreme failure goes unpunished, it creates a perverse incentive system that drives leaders towards a risk-averse middle, where they are more likely to find stalemate than victory.