[Pearls Before Swine]

They need more than an offensive... they need a “crusade.”

That’s non-Islamic for “jihad.”

[AMitchum]

Good find - thanks for posting.

[piasa]

So far, however, operational planning has not been detailed enough to gain the approval of the UN Security Council for authorization of a Chapter Seven military intervention, leaving ECOWAS and the African Union with the option of delaying the campaign or proceeding without UN approval.

"UN approval" used to gum up the works.