Posted on 05/08/2014 9:13:46 AM PDT by jimbo123
While it is somewhat belated, the press and the American government should be congratulated for waking up to the barbarisms performed with disturbing regularity in Nigeria. Following the slaughter of hundreds, including children, the fundamentalist militant group Boko Haram has finally earned front-page status after capturing 300 young girls and threatening to sell them into slavery.
Outrage over the group’s actions on social media and in the Western press has forced the American government to pressure Abuja into accepting military, logistical, and intelligence aid. American lawmakers who are normally averse to the profligate use of American military power are advocating drone strikes. Secretary of State John Kerry is foreshadowing future allied military operations against this organization. Overnight, Boko Haram has become public enemy number one.
Speaking at an event in New York, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined the chorus of condemnation, calling the actions “abominable, criminal,” and “an act of terrorism.” She added that the Nigerian government has been “derelict” in its duty to protect its citizens from the threat of terrorism. But that threat has evolved to one far more pressing and grotesque than it was in prior years, and it now may necessitate the deployment of American military equipment and personnel to neutralize.
If American blood and treasure are to be expended in Nigeria, the American public is due a full examination of how we got to this point. It’s an examination that Clinton probably hopes the media does not perform all that thoroughly.
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Heck... I thought all this time Boko Haram was a rock band?
The truth is that black Muslims have ALWAYS been the ones to capture free people and sell them into slavery.
Sounds like it.
If so, Shelly wasn’t really helping with her tweet yesterday.
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Hilary was very confused. She thought they were talking about the 1960’s band Procol Harum and wanted to hear them play for the DNC at the 2012 convention. Ya we have the answer. Bill used to enjoy inhaling to their music.
Wait till they start rocking in your hometown and the femenazis start dancing to their tune.
I don’t think the average person even knows what Boko - Procol - Haram is, or if they do, they surely don’t give a $hit.
I ran into someone at a cafe this morning - “Why do I care what happens to some Nigerians - there are way more important things to be concerned with?”
I can’t say I disagree. It’s sad, but the state of things here and in Ukraine and even Syria, Iran, Korea and China really moves the needle a bit more than the people that spam my inbox once a week with the latest inheritance or lottery I’ve won.
Move along here......
honestly, what does it matter? it’s not like she is going to be held accountable for it... and she is certainly not going to take responsibility for it... she is as much of an empty shell as Obama, only she is not lazy... she is inept, incompetent... always does the wrong thing, or simply does not do the right thing... she gets away with so much because of her husband...
Trey Gowdy and others should subpoena State Dept documents on this....
........before Hillary’s all-girl State Dept gets out the shredders.......after their nails dry, that is (snix).
If American blood and treasure are to be expended in Nigeria, the American public is due a full examination of how we got to this point.
It’s an examination that Clinton probably hopes the media does not perform all that thoroughly.
Blood of Tyrants wrote:
"The truth is that black Muslims have ALWAYS been the ones to capture free people and sell them into slavery."
Me too I thought they were just spelling it wrong.
It is bad what is going on over there. But... somewhere people have to stand up and help themselves. I mean ... within Nigeria Broko Haram is WAY outnumbered.
The Bible documents instances of slavery, the koran compels slavery.
godzillary and zero have protected Al Queda at every turn.
“Why do I care what happens to some Nigerians - there are way more important things to be concerned with?”
Because Boko Haram and Al queda would love to do a Beslan in the United States?? And success in Nigeria emboldens them around the world?
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