Posted on 12/17/2014 9:54:47 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
ABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Nigerian military court on Wednesday sentenced 54 soldiers to death for mutiny after refusing to fight Boko Haram terrorists, a lawyer for the soldiers said.
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I don’t think this is a good idea..........
Sounds like a battle of egos more than anything else. They said they would not fight, not because they were cowards, but because they didn’t have enough weapons. Some people hate being disagreed with, no matter if the dispute may have some merit. This is a dumb decision. They are taking over 50 trained men and shooting them, mostly due to a power struggle. Meanwhile, scores of those kidnapped Nigerian Girls are still missing from their homes.
Meanwhile we promote Bowe Bergdahl and give Bradley/Chelsea Manning a free sex change operation.
Once I read a story that when they were searching for those missing girls in the forest, some civilians were only armed with bows and arrows. You can imagine one's reaction. So maybe it has to do with the soldiers not having proper weapons.
This execution sounds like a bad idea. It's a big nation, 176 million, so I'm not sure if it is a sign they could be losing their grip. It is worrisome.
I go now with “bad idea”, this is the kind of stuff that happens when a country starts to lose a grip.
Why is the army poorly armed and the Terrorists so well armed???
I wonder where these terrorists, Taliban, Boko Haram, all of them get their arms!
You notice how the Bergdahl thing, and other issues have kind of dropped off the radar screen? It is almost a scandal a day with him. Today it is Cuba. What will it be on Monday?
This will result in fewer mutinies. Basic economics.
I wonder where these terrorists, Taliban, Boko Haram, all of them get their arms! .....Obama.
“The executions will continue until morale improves.”
Pure terrorism is why Boko Haram, ISIS, the Taliban etc are effective. It’s hard to find soldiers to fight them, if it means your family will be slaughtered. This is how Islam has spread ever since the time of Mohammed: pure terrorism.
Shouldn’t they face similar treatment?
Do you think they will?
Bergdahl Findings May Never Be Released to the Public
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3238471/posts
Watch for both of them to be pardoned before this administration leaves town. You heard it here first.
Vanguard is a Kenyan paper.
I totally agree with your conclusion. I was just referred to the fact that back in the day those two turncoats would’ve gotten the Benedict Arnold treatment.
The hell it is.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/ Why is Ngr. in its name and not Ke. ?
You’re right, I got the two mixed up.
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