Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says that the “window of negotiation” is open with Boko Haram on trying to secure the release of 276 schoolgirls. Boko Haram suggested yesterday that it was open to a prisoner swap.
The White House isn’t happy with that, saying that they oppose “as a matter of policy” any deal that ends with the release of the kidnap girls, saying Nigeria must “deny kidnappers the benefits of their criminal acts.”
Nigeria had initially rejected any deal as well, but facing growing public criticism of their inaction has created a committee to conduct the negotiations and get the girls released. Boko Haram had previously threatened to sell the girls into slavery in the absence of a deal.
The White House policy reflects Congressional calls to oppose negotiation. Some in Congress have also called for the US to intervene militarily and try to launch a forcible “rescue operation,” even if done over the explicit objection of Nigeria’s government.
So much for Nigerian sovereignty. It should be noted that, in addition to its utter indifference to lives of foreigners, the FedGov also regards the lives of any American hostages as purely incidental to its policy of annihilating the hostage-takers. This mirrors the related FedGov policy of refusing prisoner of war exchanges, so that FedGov troops who are captured languish in captivity. One wonders how McCain squares that fact with his absurd levels of prostituting himself for that regime.
Some say Boko Haram is a psy-op to keep the threat of Islam alive and justify various interventionist policies..
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/05/13/takfiris-…
AS a hint as to why the US is so "involved" in Nigeria:
"Nigeria sells 40 percent of its huge oil supply to the United States. Nigeria exports 281,291,000 barrels per year (771,000 barrels per day) to the United States" http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/100726/top-7-u…
Any "rescue" attempt is likely to cause the deaths of many of the girls. The international community isn't likely to buy the story that they had to be killed to save them.