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U.S. tax dollars hard at work. How many billions do we give the Nigerian military?
Uh, probably .001 billion or something...
U.S. tax dollars hard at work. How many billions do we give the Nigerian military?
Uh, probably .001 billion or something...
Since gaining its independence in 1960, Nigeria has received $400 billion (
Why yes it is, there are good and bad militias but the good citizens should always outnumber the bad ones and given the chance be able to form a larger and stronger militia to bring order back to their lives.
It does kinda give ya a warm fuzzy feeling inside! What's sad is it took them losing their daughters to come to this realization. These same people were proabably completely ok when Boko Haram was making plans to kill little American girls in the name of Allah but now that its their girls they feel the need to standup.
Don't know the veracity of the Mail's claims since the DM tends to sensationalize these sort of things.
HuffPo states Nigeria received $627 million for 2012. Forbes says $647 million for 2011.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brianwi...se-of-u-s-foreign-aid-to-egypt-and-elsewhere/
Nigeria is 10th on the list of Foreign Aid recipients for 2010.
http://www.theatlantic.com/internat...ut-foreign-aid-to-make-people-like-us/245856/
I'm a little suprised you think so. Armed citizen vigilante groups fighting the forces of evil (no sarcasm there, actually) seems right up your ideological alley.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy this is being resolved. I'm happy the bad guys are dead or dying.
My point is that when you consider these Boko Haram soldiers were probably 5-6 when kidnapped from THEIR parents, and brainwashed by extremists.. they're probably only 11-18 currently.
The entire situation is toxic. Everything about it. "Africa is fucked".
This is a very good question...
when I think of villagers, I think of family men with pitch forks and shovels...
Don't know the veracity of the Mail's claims since the DM tends to sensationalize these sort of things.
HuffPo states Nigeria received $627 million for 2012. Forbes says $647 million for 2011.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brianwi...se-of-u-s-foreign-aid-to-egypt-and-elsewhere/
Nigeria is 10th on the list of Foreign Aid recipients for 2010.
http://www.theatlantic.com/internat...ut-foreign-aid-to-make-people-like-us/245856/
Machetes, carbines and of course, strong Ju Ju.
Saddens me beyond tears that Nigeria is a top ten oil country that needs handouts.
There is systemic corruption that infests every institution in that country. That coupled with naked tribalism incurs a social cost that is almost as bad as Boko Harem. It's my view that these problems are what lead to that very great evil to arise.
No more acceptance of foreign aid! If there is a will for simple venders and farmers to go necklace some islamic goofs, then, if the handouts were withdrawn, there might be a similar type of will that initiates change the moral composition of their governments.