Sunday, 2 November 2025

Could US military intervene in Nigeria?

There is so much violence and killing going on in the world that if the US still sees itself as the global policeman, then the Trump administration is going to be excessively busy and involved in the next few years. Donald Trump is now talking about sending special forces into Nigeria "with guns a-blazing" to stop Islamic terrorists from killing Christians. He accuses the Nigerian government of failing to tackle action as Christians are being slaughtered. But what about Sudan? There, the horrific militia organisation called Rapid Support Forces (a misnomer if ever there was one) have been killing and raping on a huge scale while the Sudanese government forces have retreated. It is a terrible civil war and no one is intervening. The militia force is backed by the United Arab Emirates. Can Trump not compel the UAE to stop arming this ghastly genocidal militia? Meanwhile Trump thinks it's time to intervene in Nigeria to stop another appalling eruption of killings. This is the world we live in, violence is everywhere. The US cannot intervene every time. Trump has already sent a huge number of warships to the Caribbean to apply pressure on the corrupt Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Every week there seems to be some new action drama emanating from the White House. But even the mighty US can't do everything. Sending special forces into Nigeria, a huge country, is never going to stop the Islamist terrorists from prosecuting their murderous hatred.

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