Nigeria kidnappings: how will the US help?

There is so much going on in Washington and elsewhere that the media is going bonkers in their efforts to carry the stories and fine tune their spin. The mainstream media continues to fawn over Obama's every move while the conservative media is critical to a point of being mean spirited.

 

There is a lot of hate out there which speaks extremely ill of America and Americans. Whatever gains the President may have realized in the area of race relations are gone. Even the smallest racial reference is exploded and expanded by the media seeking to make their point. The entire scene is unpleasant and could well get out of hand with major retrogressions among both whites and blacks.

 

The same applies to our new stand on religious tolerance. We have gone too far which is to say we have moved so fast that the majority of people are having difficulty adjusting to the new realities. We need a period of settling down, cooling off and emphasis on norms.

 

The recent incident with the 100 or 200 or 300 girls taken from their schools in Borno State is a case in point. We are too politically correct to report that the captors were Muslims and the girls were from Christian homes. By the time these facts are reported, the story goes cold.

 

Now, we are debating the US' role in helping Nigeria find the girls and return them home. Fat chance in my opinion as they are undoubtedly scattered all over the place with many already outside the country. I seriously doubt our assistance will extend to our invading Chad or Niger. And why can't Nigeria fend for itself in this matter? Its citizens are all over the free world raising hell through creative scams of every description.

 

It took a good while for President Goodluck Jonathan to even mention the kidnappings.

 

As I recall from my sojourns in Nigeria, its Muslim leaders are most anxious to subdue, quell and even eliminate the Islamic sects that proliferate in the country's northeast region. It was commonly believed during one of the Maiduguri riots that orders were given to the Muslim leaders in Kano by the Saudis that the sect responsible for the riots was to be dispatched as an insult to Islam.

 

This precipitated fast action by all concerned in Nigeria as Saudi money and support were critical to maintaining peaceful tribal relations. Nor did the Nigerian Muslims want to risk having their access to Mecca cut off.