Boko Haram...WTH?

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  1. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    We should take em all out. What do they contribute to society? Nothing. Eradicate. I'm sorry but religion doesn't give anyone the right to oppress.
     
  2. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Not good ones. This incident has gotten headlines, but kidnappings are common in tribal warfare. Hell, in Rwanda, women and children were macheted to death. In the long run, these problems can only be solved by the people themselves. Sending in Americana and British security and intelligence experts is about all we can do without making the matter worse.

    We can't because that sort of thing doesn't happen here. As a nation, we have established a social order with laws that almost everyone respects. Emerging countries must get beyond their tribal xenophobia and stone-age customs themselves. Outsiders can do little to help them if they don't really want it.

    Possibly, but new leaders just arise. When a nation is split almost equally in this manner, compromises are difficult.
     
  3. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Kill half the country? Get real.
     
  4. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    The Boko Haram people, not the whole country.
     
  5. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    An African country would invade us and take our oil?
     
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  6. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    You know, it's hard to tell them from the dozen other tribal militias and they hide among civilians. Why haven't we just killed every single member of al Qaeda? Because it is impossible.
     
  7. LSUsupaFan

    LSUsupaFan Founding Member

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    We are the world's policemen when the country has some resource or is white.
     
  8. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    It shouldn't be that hard to find these fuckers. They make videos with nothing covering their faces
     
  9. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Nonsense, we protect our national interests when they are at stake. We don't when they are not. Nigeria has huge oil reserves, by the way. Bigger than Libya. The biggest in Africa and 11th biggest in the world.

    Vietnam was not white. Somalia was not white. Korea was not white. Grenada was not white.

    Your comment doesn't hold water.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    They all look alike to a Predator drone at 20,000 feet.
     
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