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"If we intervene it will be with half-assed measures where the goal should be the complete destruction of the Muslim warlords in Nigeria. We should get the assistance of neighboring countries to ensure they don’t try to duck away across borders. "

Does the USA have a vital interest there?

That has nothing to do with anything.

Obama can put troops on the ground in this and there is no down side for him and not much resistance for our military either.

This is one he will get good PR from with no risk to himself or his rule.

We all know he is impotent in all meaningful international problems and he desperately needs a win at something. No one can really say anything bad about him trying to use our armed forces to rescue a couple hundred black girls in Africa.

You can bet on this happening and soon too with lots of news coverage. Then...... wait for it....... He will stand in front of a TV camera and tell the world how "he did it."

Nigeria has already fought a horrible civil war.

Remember Biafra? It was the first many of us saw on TV of African horrors...late 1960s.

2-3 million dead, most from systematic starvation and disease.

We'd do well to stay the hell out of there, no matter what.