Dear Congressman Sherman,
Please introduce a bill as soon as possible to arm and
provide training to Nigerian Freedom Fighters resisting the butchers of Boko
Haram. Images tonight showed many of these brave men, dubbed
"vigilantes" by an obviously hostile press, armed only with machetes to
fight heavily armed and well trained Islamist Militants! Some were
"armed" with farm implements! A few had antiquated firearms, among
them double-barreled big-game rifles, expensive in the U.S., used decades ago
to hunt dangerous (four-footed) animals. One man fielded what looked like a cap
lock muzzle-loader.
These men are fighting the same war we are. We owe it to
them to provide the arms and at least rudimentary training necessary to save
their lives, the lives of their families, and to help defeat OUR foes.
For Mrs. Obama to hold up a "Give back our girls” sign
for a “photo-opp” is well and good; but, over the weekend, Boko Haran
butchered dozens of defenseless Nigerians. For the United States to do nothing
more than fly a few drones over the area and carry some protest signs is
nothing short of an outrage.
The Nigerian Army refuses to engage Boko Haram. Moreover, up
against a mobile guerrilla army, self-defense is the first, and often only,
line of defense. Just as Americans had to defend themselves on the Frontier,
these people need the arms to defend themselves against a foe that is far
better organized, armed, and far more ruthless than any pioneers faced in North
America.
AK-47s are cheap in nearby Somalia.
I look forward to hearing your reply.
Sincerely,
Your Faithful Correspondent
