We are in a new world now. 1800s world (going towards 1500s) with 2100s weapons systems.
Ohthatsnotgood on
For those of you who’re allergic to opening and reading articles:
“The United States carried out an airstrike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria’s government, U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.
“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
The U.S. military’s Africa Command said on X the strike was conducted at the request of Nigerian authorities and killed multiple ISIS militants.
The strike comes after Trump starting in late October began warning that Christianity faces an “existential threat” in Nigeria and threatened to in the West African country over what he says is its failure to stop communities.
Reuters reported on Monday the U.S. had been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November.
Nigeria’s government has said armed groups target both Muslims and Christians, and U.S. claims that Christians face persecution do not represent a complex security situation and ignore efforts to safeguard religious freedom. But it has agreed to work with the U.S. to bolster its forces against militant groups.
The country’s population is split between Muslims living primarily in the north and Christians in the south.
The president issued his statement on Christmas Day while he was at his Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago Club, where he has been spending the holiday. He had no public events during the day and was last seen by the reporters traveling with him on Wednesday night.”
BloodAndTsundere on
Anyone else think Trump got an email from a Nigerian prince that promised him a million dollars if he could just stage a rescue?
DrinkMoreBrews on
Nothing says Nobel Peace Prize like bombing another country on Christmas.
zerodius on
Would have been helpful for the post title to specify that it was the US doing the striking, though not the end of the world
rjstang on
Sounds good to me
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TheVictoryHat on
The mental gymnastics trying to make this a bad thing is entertaining.
Uneeda_Biscuit on
Merry Christmas!
cmmoore307 on
I thought Trump defeated ISIS?
bonyponyride on
Donald would rather spend millions of dollars killing people in Africa with missiles than saving people in Africa with medicine and food via USAID.
heratonga on
Why wouldn’t you strike Russian targets on Ukrainian territory then?
TraditionalTale9701 on
But, but, he got the FIFA Peace Prize
Haluxe on
It’s very concerning the amount of people doing mental gymnastics to paint this strike that was requested by Nigeria as a bad thing or outright defending ISIS just to get at Trump. Let’s do better Reddit, Trump may be bad and we all disagree with a lot of things he does but Isis is evil personified. The atrocities committed by them is harrowing.
A_Nonny_Muse on
At least these guys get the headline right.
It’s not called ISIS if they’re not in Syria.
A_Nonny_Muse on
I feel sorry for all those soldiers who had to spend their entire Christmas eve on duty instead of at home with their families.
Ender_D on
ISWAP and IS-Sahel have actually been serious issues in the Sahel states for the past few years.
I do encourage people to look up about the Islamic extremist groups that have been gaining ground in the Sahel, groups like JNIM, ISWAP, and IS-Sahel have made the Sahel the place with the most fatalities from terrorism worldwide in recent years. It’s about time that nations start taking it seriously because the Sahel is primed to be the next place they try to make another caliphate.
islandheart43 on
Well, at least the yanks are directing their perpetual anger towards someone who deserves it
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Epstein/trump files distraction
Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?
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We are in a new world now. 1800s world (going towards 1500s) with 2100s weapons systems.
For those of you who’re allergic to opening and reading articles:
“The United States carried out an airstrike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria’s government, U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.
“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
The U.S. military’s Africa Command said on X the strike was conducted at the request of Nigerian authorities and killed multiple ISIS militants.
The strike comes after Trump starting in late October began warning that Christianity faces an “existential threat” in Nigeria and threatened to in the West African country over what he says is its failure to stop communities.
Reuters reported on Monday the U.S. had been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November.
Nigeria’s government has said armed groups target both Muslims and Christians, and U.S. claims that Christians face persecution do not represent a complex security situation and ignore efforts to safeguard religious freedom. But it has agreed to work with the U.S. to bolster its forces against militant groups.
The country’s population is split between Muslims living primarily in the north and Christians in the south.
The president issued his statement on Christmas Day while he was at his Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago Club, where he has been spending the holiday. He had no public events during the day and was last seen by the reporters traveling with him on Wednesday night.”
Anyone else think Trump got an email from a Nigerian prince that promised him a million dollars if he could just stage a rescue?
Nothing says Nobel Peace Prize like bombing another country on Christmas.
Would have been helpful for the post title to specify that it was the US doing the striking, though not the end of the world
Sounds good to me
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The mental gymnastics trying to make this a bad thing is entertaining.
Merry Christmas!
I thought Trump defeated ISIS?
Donald would rather spend millions of dollars killing people in Africa with missiles than saving people in Africa with medicine and food via USAID.
Why wouldn’t you strike Russian targets on Ukrainian territory then?
But, but, he got the FIFA Peace Prize
It’s very concerning the amount of people doing mental gymnastics to paint this strike that was requested by Nigeria as a bad thing or outright defending ISIS just to get at Trump. Let’s do better Reddit, Trump may be bad and we all disagree with a lot of things he does but Isis is evil personified. The atrocities committed by them is harrowing.
At least these guys get the headline right.
It’s not called ISIS if they’re not in Syria.
I feel sorry for all those soldiers who had to spend their entire Christmas eve on duty instead of at home with their families.
ISWAP and IS-Sahel have actually been serious issues in the Sahel states for the past few years.
I do encourage people to look up about the Islamic extremist groups that have been gaining ground in the Sahel, groups like JNIM, ISWAP, and IS-Sahel have made the Sahel the place with the most fatalities from terrorism worldwide in recent years. It’s about time that nations start taking it seriously because the Sahel is primed to be the next place they try to make another caliphate.
Well, at least the yanks are directing their perpetual anger towards someone who deserves it