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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-05-11 03:46 pm

[ SECRET POST #2686 ]


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Re: Michelle Obama

[personal profile] nyxelestia 2014-05-12 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
This goes right back to the original matter of relying on superior military power to get around the fact no one is even sure where to look, or what would happen if they used the "full frontal invasion" method in order to do so.

Again, the fact is that if it's an entire army, that means the Boko Haram will have plenty of advance warning when they are about to be stumbled upon/get raided by the military - and if they can't escape, including with the 300 girls (which they very highly can, because again, tropical environment), then they may very well just kill all those girls to be done with it. A huge portion of their philosophy is that Western Education and educating girls is evil - there is a very good chance they may kill all those girls just because.

Quite frankly, a lot of people are justifiably concerned with the aid we are sending in now, forget special forces teams. And it's ridiculous to assume that just because a group doesn't have too many people and/or firepower doesn't mean they can't cause serious trouble - or that someone else might not be willing to use Nigeria and American "invasion" of it (even if it's a rescue mission) as an excuse to start a war, whether Nigeria wants it or not. We already had similar problems like that in the Middle East, including Pakistan, where the government does actually want - or at least benefit from - US Troops in the country.

As someone else mentioned, the US (and possibly a few others) are sending in military aid, so it's not as if they are ignoring the problem. Maybe it could be more, maybe not, as serious as 300 girls' lives on the line, they are not the only thing anyone is considering. The kind of military action you are talking about - "shitshow" country or not, wanted or not, effective or not - would have serious ramifications beyond those girls' lives, and not only may not get them back but may actually hasten their deaths.