While the
world rightfully focuses on ISIS and Al Qaeda and their barbarism on display
Another
group is racking up large numbers of innocents to slay
Boko Haram
has not faded away despite the hashtag offensive mounted by the U.S.
Far from it and
Northern Nigeria is being placed under major duress
Whereas
Syria is a bit player in crude oil
production
Nigeria
produces 2.5 million barrels a day that is subject to Boko Haram reduction
In Nigeria an Iraq
deju vu as to its army but without lavish U.S. training and arms
We should be
sounding general quarters and raising the alarm
But no; we
can send troops, some of our elite
To try in Africa
to Ebola contain and defeat
But here in
Nigeria we are MIA from the front, the side or behind
As Nigeria’s
ill-equipped army may against Boko Haram begin to unwind
But here a
ray of hope that the Middle East completely lacks
The Africa
Union has authorized the formation of multinational troops to Boko Haram attack
No dithering
like Obama but an urgency sense
7.500 troops
not armed civilians to go on the offense
Radical
Islam is becoming more and more like the Wham-0 game
A faction
pops up, we react and another faction pops up in its part of the world to
inflame
The world is
in a clash of ideologies against radical Islam to the death
Without a
strategy to contain and destroy we are like diver seeking the deep ocean floor
while holding his breath.
Without a
strategy how do we know what forces and money we will need?
Cannot have
a strategy with a President that is either incapable or does not want to lead
© February 1, 2015 the Alaskanpoet
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