[Future Snake Eater]

Why are we 'training' these people? Why do we need to be there?

It's a standard, rock simple foreign internal defense (FID) mission. It's dirt cheap, it builds international good will, and it can even help (to an extent) keep something resembling a stable government in place against psychotic rebel groups like, say, Boko Haram.

[marktwain]

It’s a standard, rock simple foreign internal defense (FID) mission. It’s dirt cheap, it builds international good will, and it can even help (to an extent) keep something resembling a stable government in place against psychotic rebel groups like, say, Boko Haram.

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Yes. Trump said we need to eradicate radical Islamic terrorist from the planet. You cannot get more radical, Islamic, or Terroristic than Boko Haram.