Posted on 05/15/2015 3:58:05 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
They’re Nigeria’s unlikely saviors – most being white, in their 50s and 60s and combat veterans of the former South African apartheid regime.
But, tainted resumes notwithstanding, they’ve been getting the job done in northern Nigeria, hitting the Islamist terror group Boko Haram hard enough to send the jihadists into retreat, liberating dozens of villages and freeing hundreds of women and girls held as slaves and “bush wives” during a six-year-long reign of terror, reported London Telegraph.
Boko Haram recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. In recent years, Boko Haram has slaughtered entire villages, burned countless churches and targeted Christians and moderate Muslims for death. It received global attention last year for abducting nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls.
The squad of mostly-white bush-warfare experts is employed by Specialized Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection, a private army run by Colonel Eeben Barlow, a former commander in the South African Defense Force, where he defended the regime against insurrection and fought border wars 30 years ago in neighboring Angola and Namibia.
Barlow’s firm was hired by Nigeria outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan in January, as the failure of his administration to stop Boko Haram or free kidnapped schoolgirls became major campaign issues ahead of the March election.
As WND has reported, despite first lady Michelle Obama’s much-publicized Twitter campaign to #BringBackOurGirls, President Obama withheld weapons and intelligence support from Nigeria in its fight against the Islamists because Jonathan’s administration stood by the nation’s laws criminalizing homosexual acts and strictly forbidding same-sex marriage.
Jonathan was defeated in the March election by retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled as dictator there from 1983 until 1985, when he was removed through a coup. Buhari’s campaign was run by the political firm founded by key Obama strategist David Axelrod.
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“(I can still remember when I thought those ages sounded “old,” but not anymore.)”
60 is the new 40!
Give those sons of bitches all the hot lead and violent death that they so justly deserve!
“So the 1970’s are officially back?”
They’re back alright, but something tells me this ain’t
‘Oliver’s Army’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow1S4DJtLOk
Then sends axlegrease over to engineer the election to put in a muslim that agreed to institute sharia law in the north and repeal laws outlawing homosexuality in the south.
I’m in my 60s and I’m certainly not like I was in my 20s. Now, I’m smarter, much meaner and have a lot more to fight for. Bring it.
Maybe we could get Goodluck to come over here and run for president. It would be a breath of fresh air to have a president that follows the law.
You’re thinking of “ Executive Solutions”. Former South African military too.
So the Obamination would not provide weaponry and assistance to defeat these animals and rescue these women because the president would not advocate same-sex marriage?!!! It just keeps getting crazier and crazier.
“It’s always been a puzzle why the Nigerian government could not, or would not put enough forces against Boko Haram to put them out of business.”
Those dictators keep their enemies away to do mayhem and keep their armies very close as bodyguards. They are watching their armies much closer than their enemies and always worried about the inevitable coup.
Ignorant dictators know very well that they are illegitimate. Holding to the throne in the capital is the only thing they worry about.
Great story.
BTTT
lol
I’m in my 60’s, but still remember what Uncle taught me...I was thinking maybe scalps!?
Wild Geese part Deux.
Great news. Thanks for posting.
Nigeria's population is 50% Mohammedan. That's all I know about Nigeria, but that might have something to do with it.
Me, too.
‘there were lots of mercs who’d fight for any anti-Communist regime that paid them enough, but only for anti-Communist regimes’
And the reason is the commie regimes never paid enough.
Yeah. Those were VERY interesting quotes.
“Why you should never pick a fight with an old man
An old prospector shuffled into town leading a tired old mule. The old man headed straight for the only saloon to clear his parched throat.
He walked up and tied his old mule to the hitch rail. As he stood there brushing some of the dust from his face and clothes, a young gunslinger stepped out of the saloon with a gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.
The young gunslinger looked at the old man and laughed, saying, “Hey old man, have you ever danced?”
The old man looked up at the gunslinger and said, “No, I never did dance... never really wanted to.”
A crowd had gathered as the gunslinger grinned and said, “Well you old fool, you’re gonna dance now,” and started shooting at the old man’s feet.
The old prospector —not wanting to get a toe blown off— started hopping around like a flea on a hot skillet. Everybody was laughing, fit to be tied.
When his last bullet had been fired, the young gunslinger, still laughing, holstered his gun and turned around to go back into the saloon.
The old man turned to his pack mule, pulled out a double-barreled shotgun, and cocked both hammers.
The loud clicks carried clearly through the desert air.
The crowd stopped laughing immediately.
The young gunslinger heard the sounds too and he turned around very slowly. The silence was almost deafening. The crowd watched as the young gunman stared at the old timer and the large gaping holes of those twin barrels.
The barrels of the shotgun never wavered in the old man’s hands, as he quietly said, “Son, have you ever licked a mule’s behind?” The gunslinger swallowed hard and said, “No sir..... but.... I’ve always wanted to.”
There are a few lessons for us all here:
Never be arrogant.
Don’t waste ammunition.
Whiskey makes you think you’re smarter than you are.
Don’t mess with old men, they didn’t get old by being stupid.
I just love a story with a happy ending, don’t you?
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