If I had my druthers, the mission Obama is sending our troops to do wouldn’t be just to help locate the kidnapped schoolgirls. It would be to destroy the group Boko Haram. And I wouldn’t just send 80 troops, I’d send overwhelming force to do it.
That said, I hope they find the girls if they aren’t sold already:
PJ TATLER – Per the War Powers Resolution, President Obama just notified congressional leaders that U.S. forces have been sent to Chad.
Reports from border villagers soon after more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped from their secondary school in Chibok by Boko Haram indicated that some may have been ferried across Lake Chad or taken to Chad or Cameroon via land routes.
The administration recently received permission from Nigeria to conduct flyover operations in an effort to find the girls, but only said it was in communication with Cameroon and Chad.
“Approximately 80 U.S. Armed Forces personnel have deployed to Chad as part of the U.S. efforts to locate and support the safe return of over 200 schoolgirls who are reported to have been kidnapped in Nigeria,” said the letter from Obama submitted to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate President Pro Tempore Pat Leahy (D-Vt.).
“These personnel will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft for missions over northern Nigeria and the surrounding area,” Obama continued. “The force will remain in Chad until its support in resolving the kidnapping situation is no longer required.”