U.S. troops are on their way to Nigeria to help fight Boko Haram, in yet another newfangled military intervention into Africa. Boko Haram are an Islamic terrorist group, but its not clear what danger they’ve ever presented to America. Nevertheless, this new war is not much different from the Obama administration’s other martial adventures in the region, in Somalia with al Shabaab, in Uganda with the Lord’s Resistance Army, and beyond.
Holy crap, the Obama makes the Bushco seem like a gaddanged pacifist.
That's an understatement.
So basically we're annexing Africa and adding it to our empire. I don't get it. What is it about Obama that the republicans hate? He's out Bushing Bush!
He's black. That's what they hate.
Spreading thin..it's getting thinner.
Soon it will be easier to name the African states that the US imilitary isn’t in rather than the reverse. So much fo “national security”, these must be kinetic interventions. Sorry am feeling rather snarky this evening.
There is NO oil in Nigeria, absolutely not, trust me.
Nothing to see here, move along now. . .
Yellowcake uranium is there, though- got to make sure those danged Iranians don't sneak any out for the nuclear weapons program they're not running.
Wait- where does Israel get its supplies?
That may all be true, but even if there was no oil or uranium or any other financial incentive to invade or try to take over another country I think it's to the point where Washington just wants to exert authority regardless of any financial or material reason. At this point it's just in authoritarian mode. The US thinks it has an invincible military and omnipotent CIA and this has made our rulers just unblievably arrogant. They genuinely think that it's their place to rule the rest of the nation, for their own good of course.
From US John…… From US…!!!!!
Quite the contrary, chap. There's plenty of oil in Nigeria…well, at least there was before Shell made its appearance on that poor forsaken land. If there's one thing you can be sure of is that the US would never, ever get vested in a country that has no natural resources.
Said in a British accent, "I say chap, us Brits tried colonies in Britain a 100 years ago, I must say it didn't work out well. Perhaps you ought to read a history book before preceding?"
Sigh
Boko Haram
Al Qaeda
Al-Shabaab
Oingo Boingo
Ogo Pogo
Shaboom Shaboom
Whatever it takes to keep the fearmongering going so the MIC can rake it in.