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Africa Subsaharan
Seven Years After Chibok, Mass Kidnapping of Students Becoming Norm in Nigeria
2021-06-23
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Posted by:Fred

#5  Mercenaries are here to stay
Posted by: Bob Cleresh7471   2021-06-23 22:49  

#4  Nigeria seems an example of where Private Military Companies could be useful. Standing up an army is hard for a bunch of reasons. Sending inexperienced troops up against well-seasoned hard boys is not a recipe for success.

Spending a little oil money to hire a PMC to deal with the miscreants buys some time to build an army and it deals with the current crop of bad guys. You'd want a well-equipped PMC though, capable of heliborne assault. A gunship or two, or some artillery would come in handy. As an extra bonus, since you are paying them, they aren't likely to overthrow your ass.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-06-23 22:01  

#3  I think everything which is wrong with the world happens within that tweet's illustration.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-23 13:27  

#2  Nigerian Spring Break
Posted by: Frank G   2021-06-23 10:33  

#1  and here I thought Michelles hashtag solved al that.
Posted by: Chris   2021-06-23 09:34  

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