Editor’s note: The U.S.
government recently announced that it is seeking to approve a sale of 12
A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria to help its fight
against the Boko Haram sect. David Mark of Israel Rising shares his
views on how the strengthening of relations between America and Nigeria
will help Muhammadu Buhari to stop Biafra independence.
Either
the Obama administration is ignorant of Buhari’s human rights abuses against
the Igbo in Biafra or they are complicit. Buhari has often used Boko Haram as a
foil to generate for arms and sympathy from the West.
The United States has
begun to strengthen ties with Buhari ever since he attained power in Africa’s
most populous country. The previous President Goodluck Jonathan was a friend of
Israel and yet spurned the Obama administration. With Buhari now as President
the tables have turn. Nigeria is now ruled by a former military leader and an
avowed Islamist.
Given
Obama’s engagement and pasting over of Buhari’s own abuses, little doubt
remains that Obama knows of and believes Buhari’s Islamist background is a
strength. Obama has also strengthened US Special Forces throughout Africa,
placing Nigeria as a priority.
Yet,
given reports that Buhari has used weapons given to him to fight Boko Haram on
the Igbo in South East Nigeria as well as willfully encouraging Fulani
Tribesman to butcher unarmed Igbos, one wonders why improving ties between the
US government and Buhari are something to be cheered from the perspective of
the USA.
Buhari
has allowed the Fulani herdsman to run wild and murder the Igbo. Independence
movements have grown, and a near unanimous belief that Buhari is complicit
pervades Biafra.
At
the end of the day, the Obama foreign policy has actively sought out to
strengthen Islamic regimes at the expense of moderate actors, whether they have
been secular Islamic states, Sub-Saharan Christians, or Israel.
By
selling military armaments to Buhari, the Obama administration has pitted
itself against Israel’s growing presence in the region and has hampered
Israel’s ability to militarily support an independent Biafra. Share on Facebook
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