Attacks in the Bakassi

Earlier, I expressed the hope that the territorial dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon over the oil-rich Bakassi doesn't end the same way as the the Ethiopia-Eritrea insanity, one of the stupidest, most pointless wars in recent history.

One faithful reader suggested: Nigeria and Cameroon will not be going to war.

I don't think they will go to an all-out war. I think Nigerian President Obasanjo and Cameroon's leader Paul Biya are too smart for this.

Incidents like this certainly aren't a step in the right direction.