US military action in Nigeria

[Pauldesaints]

Nigerians wake up on the 24 December to witness multiple bomb blast in the north region of the country,at first the president sent delegations to ascertain the extend of the damage and causalities and also ordered investigation should be carried out to fish out the perpetrators for possible  action within the ambit of the law, only for the president of united states of America Donald Trump to claim responsibilities of the attacks which were targeted aimed to flush out armd bandits and terrorist that have been killing and kidnapping innocent civilians in the country.Donlad Trump has earlier this year warmed Nigeria authority to do more to protect civilians against the armd bandits or risks US military action.now the Nigeria government turn out claimed they aware and in collaboration with US military to carry out the attack

If Nigeria government was aware of the US military action why then did they send delegations at the first place or they are trying to cover up US military supremacy and the other hand there weak institution to protect there citizens and shame of being assisted externally?

[tsaroz]

It's a complicated topic to comment on. Nigeria is an independent nation and it's against its sovereignty that an external nation is attacking people in its territory. But it also is a matter of shame for the Nigerian government which leads one of the largest and fastest growing economy in Africa for not being able to save its school girls being kidnapped, raped and killed by terrorist on a regular basis.
I guess the right thing was for the US and other International organizations to pressure the Nigerian government and assist them to contain the terrorism and help them to do so rather than bomb Nigerian territory.

[Gozie51]

I believe Trump took that decision to attack the bandits in Nigeria after much warning to Nigeria government to step in and safe the lives of people. The Nigerian government have not been proactive to that and they have played politics with the lives of people. Moreover, those bandits are infiltration of those that US have chased from other countries. ISIS and bandits are not only found in Nigeria, so US would have relied on the United Nations Convention on counter terrorism to attack the bandits in Nigeria. I think the convention gives US the power as global watch dog against terrorism. And I don't believe it was a collaborated effort from Nigerian army because Trump didn't mention that during his speech. Therefore, I'm convinced it was only the effort of US military.

[Hispo]

I believe Trump took that decision to attack the bandits in Nigeria after much warning to Nigeria government to step in and safe the lives of people. The Nigerian government have not been proactive to that and they have played politics with the lives of people. Moreover, those bandits are infiltration of those that US have chased from other countries. ISIS and bandits are not only found in Nigeria, so US would have relied on the United Nations Convention on counter terrorism to attack the bandits in Nigeria. I think the convention gives US the power as global watch dog against terrorism. And I don't believe it was a collaborated effort from Nigerian army because Trump didn't mention that during his speech. Therefore, I'm convinced it was only the effort of US military.

Still people will argue Nigerian are supposed to only be protected by the Nigerian state, instead of expecting a superpower like the United States to step in and bomb terrorists in Nigerian territory.
Trump ran his campaign claiming the USA was not supposed to be the police of the world and was not supposed to get involved in conflicts which seemly do not have anything to do with their sovereignty, still he seems to be willing to get into a hot war with the corrupt government of Venezuela and also against the Nigerian arm of the Islamic State.

The situation in Nigeria may only get messier in the future if the local government do not take important actions to curb murder and kidnapping of innocent people.

[pooya87]

It's a dog and pony show.

What happened was that the pedophile POTUS carried out a terrorist attack against a sovereign nation, most probably killing innocent civilians like they always do, like they just did in Syria this week killing 5 villagers calling them ISIS while we know the attack they used as their excuse was carried out by their own dog, al-Jolani!

The US regime always claims "they are fighting terrorists" like Daesh. But we already know based on evidence and their own confessions (like how United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard confessed to be supporting al-Qaeda) the US regime created these takfiri terrorist groups (Da'esh, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, ...) and has been intensely using them against the civilized world for more than 2 decades now. The most obvious one is of course al-Qaeda which we all watched in disgust and some with disbelief how the pedophile POTUS received the head of this terrorist group in the White House.

Nigerians need to protect their great nation against this rogue regime and its terrorist proxies. In my opinion such attacks must not go unpunished.

[Joy- maker]

now the Nigeria government turn out claimed they aware and in collaboration with US military to carry out the attack

If Nigeria government was aware of the US military action why then did they send delegations at the first place or they are trying to cover up US military supremacy and the other hand there weak institution to protect there citizens and shame of being assisted externally?

That's to tell you how foolish and confuse Nigeria government can be,  Donald Trump took them On aware there was no collaboration between Donald Trump and the Nigeria government, so all those things you see Nigeria authority saying online are all lies. the action of Donald Trump was beyond their imagination, and now they are trying to cover up their shames.
And the reason why I said that there was no collaboration between Donald Trump and Nigeria government is because, Nigeria president is a Muslim, vice president Muslim, so assuming Trump called the attention of Nigeria government, trust me president Tinubu will go begging on his knees. This action of Trump should sound as a warning to Nigeria government who are sponsoring terrorism, and to the terrorist themselves, that the big man eyes are on them, and if there are no amends he will definitely strike again.
Just imagine what sheikhgumi  the middleman between Islamic terrorist and Nigerian government came online to say today, that the Islamic Bandits are going no where, that they are part of us and we are part of them and that make no sense at all.

[Dunamisx]

The US regime always claims "they are fighting terrorists" like Daesh. But we already know based on evidence and their own confessions (like how United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard confessed to be supporting al-Qaeda) the US regime created these takfiri terrorist groups (Da'esh, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, ...) and has been intensely using them against the civilized world for more than 2 decades now. The most obvious one is of course al-Qaeda which we all watched in disgust and some with disbelief how the pedophile POTUS received the head of this terrorist group in the White House.

When I look at the previous war they claimed to have intervened, everything comes back to the same point of where it used to be, because they make the fight to no finishing ends, we have the al qaeda war, iraqz Afghanistan and even the recent Israel Palestine war all turned to be a failed attempt at the end by US, which shows that the solution to a problem lies in the hands of those from which it was emancipated.

Nigerians need to protect their great nation against this rogue regime and its terrorist proxies. In my opinion such attacks must not go unpunished.

What can a country like Nigeria do, when it has lesser military capacity not serve a threat, except if countries like Russia or China could back them up and against US military action.

[Lamtel]

Nigerians wake up on the 24 December to witness multiple bomb blast in the north region of the country,at first the president sent delegations to ascertain the extend of the damage and causalities and also ordered investigation should be carried out to fish out the perpetrators for possible  action within the ambit of the law, only for the president of united states of America Donald Trump to claim responsibilities of the attacks which were targeted aimed to flush out armd bandits and terrorist that have been killing and kidnapping innocent civilians in the country.Donlad Trump has earlier this year warmed Nigeria authority to do more to protect civilians against the armd bandits or risks US military action.now the Nigeria government turn out claimed they aware and in collaboration with US military to carry out the attack

If Nigeria government was aware of the US military action why then did they send delegations at the first place or they are trying to cover up US military supremacy and the other hand there weak institution to protect there citizens and shame of being assisted externally?

Nigerian government are not aware of anything. According to the news I read, they said president Donald Trump took Nigerian government unaware about his mission. President Donald Trump is highly unpredictable and body should take his word for granted, his not a joking president when it comes to serious matter. I knew from the first day he made that declaration of "Nigeria a country of particular concern" that he will definitely show his concern about the killing and kidnapping of Nigerian citizens especially the Christians. Nigerian government should never try to claim any merit of president Donald Trump actions. If they are aware of the bomb blast why sending delegates?
Again, why the investigation to fish out the perpetrators?
Only this two questions alone shows that the Nigerian government is not saying the truth. They are just trying to control how insecured the military system of the country is.