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2015-01-26 Africa Subsaharan

US vetoed Israeli sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-01-26 13:16|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Huh? "You're not doing enough, so we're not going to give you any more tools to do more"?

Sounds almost like progressive logic.

Posted by Bobby 2015-01-26 13:47|| 2015-01-26 13:47|| Front Page Top

#2 No Bobby, they meant Nigerian Army is not playing by Hollywood rules

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-01-26 13:49|| 2015-01-26 13:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Factor in Joe of the Jungle's remark about the US pulling intel and other support from Philippine forces doing anti-MILF ops in Mindanao, and one has to wonder if it's "human rights" or some other... concern.

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-26 14:30|| 2015-01-26 14:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Not doing enough to avoid civilian casualties is not an unreasonable demand. Or at least it wasn't last year.

Me thinks the Nigerian government and Israeli's should have tried again during the "give back our girls" hashtag conflict of 2014.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-01-26 14:54|| 2015-01-26 14:54|| Front Page Top

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