The tone of this article is not in line with other articles published in this blog. This blog means to side with the impoverished, the oppressed, the victims... when giving ideas for a better education or commenting on different issues.
The person who writes the article below centres his analysis on how the USA has tackled the drama of the Nigerian girls' kidnapping to the detriment of the USA and what should be done in the interest of this country. Notwithstanding, it serves the purpose of explaining the reason for the international uproar over this case.
Extract
from: The Daily Caller
By Joseph
Miller
On the evening of April 14, 2014, Boko Haram, a Nigerian Islamic
terrorist group with links to al-Qaida kidnapped 276 school girls.
The group initially said it took the girls so that they could become wives to
its members. The group has changed its mind twice in the last two weeks,
though, and has since offered to either sell the girls or trade them for
imprisoned Islamic terrorists.
In the time since the incident took place, the world has expressed outrage
over the incident — though the supposedly outraged nations have taken little
action to address the situation. The kidnapping has galvanized the American
public in particular, and it has become a trending topic on social media.
Despite the uproar, the Obama White House has refused to take military action.
Why advocate for military action in Nigeria? While it is terrible
that Boko Haram has kidnapped a large group of school girls,
does the U.S. really have a national security interest in Nigeria? The answer
is simple: Yes.
The United States has a national security interest in Nigeria and in
countering and ultimately neutralizing nascent terrorist groups
like BokoHaram. That interest is oil. Nigeria is the single largest
producer of oil in Africa, and at one time was the world’s fourth-largest
producer of liquid natural gas. The West African country is a member of OPEC and
has been, up until recently, a relatively stable democracy. Additionally,
Nigeria has not suffered from many of the issues that have caused instability
in the Middle East, and has maintained good relations with the United States.
