Yes, everyone has an opinion on what has happened and why in northeast Nigeria…….pundits have jumped on the bandwagon….well now that they have milked some plane for all it was worth and still have NO real info to pass on but that did not stop the wild speculations……..condemnation from ll sides has been flowing like theories from the well…….but with all this spotlight reporting I ask….how serious is the world about this situation?

It has taken 3 weeks for the world to get involved other than lip service…….ask if it would have taken this long if a daughter of a Shell oil CEO had been kidnapped?  Or JP Morgan?  Or any other of the multi-nationals?

Okay, the world is now on the bandwagon……..but just how serious are they about find and returning these young women?  Just what is the US doing?

As reported in The Hill………..

Lawmakers desperately want to help hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by a terrorist group, but not if it means sending U.S. troops to the country.

…………lawmakers are mostly urging indirect steps such as sanctions, intelligence sharing and assistance to the Nigerian military, rather than the deployment of U.S. troops to get the girls back themselves.

The White House repeated throughout the week that it is not considering direct U.S. military action, though it has sent military advisers as part of a team to aid the Nigerian government with tasks such as intelligence and hostage negotiation.

Though President Obama tends to express reluctance to use military force, looking to avoid quagmires across the world, U.S. troops are playing a role in hunting the warlord Joseph Kony across Central Africa.

I shake my head in disbelief……sanctions?  Just how will that help the girls?  And even if successful…..what are the guarantees that it will not be repeated?

To me it is beyond idiotic to even consider sanctions.  SANCTIONS?  Just what in God’s name will that accomplish?  It is understandable that the US is reluctant to commit troops after all we want to avoid yet another quagmire that we have lived through in the last 12 years……but there comes a time that we must stand up and do whatever it is that needs doing to squelch the snake of terrorism……..the head of the snake must be removed……..

All resources short of committing troops should be explored……intel gathering, contact with troops in the area that would work as a surrogate, there are some, and drones for observation….like I said all resources short of troops.

Okay, how about drones?  We have used them for everything including assassinations…….could they possibly be of assistance?   Drones vary in size. Some are capable of flying at low altitudes with cameras or at high altitudes with sophisticated sensors. They are a powerful asset to many military operations.  Possibly a good asset to deploy, right?

Reported in the Washington Times…………..

The U.S. military does not plan to use high-tech unmanned aircraft to assist the Nigerian government as it attempts to recover hundreds of missing girls that were abducted by a militant Islamist group during a boarding school raid, a Pentagon official said.

During a briefing at the Pentagon, spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters that he was unaware of any offer by the United States to provide Nigeria with drones to find more than 200 girls kidnapped by members of Boko Haram last month.

“There’s no active discussion about the use of unmanned systems in the search,” he said.

Looks like drones are out…..then just what will be the function of the “experts” that have been sent to Nigeria?

Granted us mere mortals are not privy to everything that the government is up to……but from what I know now….it does not sound like the us is as serious as they would have us believe.

These girls do NOT have an unlimited amount of time on their hands…….using any thing short of eliminating the problem is unacceptable……farting around with sanctions is just a pile of manure…..take action or stop pretending to care.

The old saying, “the only people that care about sub-Saharan Africa is sub-Saharan Africans”………this situation shows just how accurate that statement can be……….

UPDATE:  After writing this draft news has broken that first, the US has sent in a negotiation team to Nigeria….wait, what happened to the idea that “we do not negotiate with terrorists”?

Also a vid of some of the girls has been released by Boko Haram that the girls have converted to Islam and they will be released as soon as the government releases Boko Haram fighters in prison……

Once again…….will we negotiate?

I would like everyone’s thoughts on this.