Boko Haram Leader Laughs As He States, "I Sell Women!"

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While the world heard three weeks ago about the kidnapping of some 270 plus high school girls from a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, by the terrorist group Boko Haram...government officials were quick to assure the media that many of the girls had escaped and that the remainder would be returned home in the not too distant future. No story here, right? Wrong! Unless the Nigerian method of time measurement is vastly different than mine, earlier press releases were patently untrue.

After countless demonstrations by parents from London to Los Angeles calling for the release of the 223 girls that remain captives, this story has gathered momentum forcing the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan to ask for help in locating the missing girls.

So, who and what is Boko Haram? There is little known about this sub-saharan group of radical Islamist fundamentalists except that they are violent, misbegotten cretins who appear to have some aversion to normal standards of hygiene and dentition. Their name, literally translated means, "No books!" Having heard a threatening rant by their leader, Abubakar Shekau earlier today, it is clear to me just why this group needs to kidnap teenaged girls. It's pretty clear to me that these guys are all out of ideas as far as how to get girls by more conventional means. True to their name, they would not be interested in educated, accomplished, well read women. Being just one step removed from Nate the Neanderthal...and I have not decided if it's a step up or down on the evolutionary scale at this point, I am not surprised their leader threatens to sell the girls to some human trafficking outlet or other in neighboring Chad or Cameroon for the handsome price of $12 USD. According to Islamists, women have only two functions - fucking and breeding.

Parents of the captive girls are afraid to speak out, even to the police about their missing daughters, specifically posting photos or names, for fear their daughters may be singled out for some unique cruelty as if merely looking at a guy like Shekau does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment!
President Jonathan seeks more cooperation from parents while his first lady (and I use that term very loosely for this particular form of douche bag) is busily locking up outraged, grief-stricken mothers, urging them to shut up lest they "make Nigeria look bad", effectively compromising Nigeria's booming oil-based economy and the political career of her husband.

Yes, this is an outrage and a tragedy but it is Nigeria's tragedy to solve. What did Goodluck Jonathan think being the president of Nigeria meant? Notoriously corrupt, from his police and government officials to his military, it's time he spent some of that oil money on the safety of and resources for his people.

Ultimately, Nigeria will be a better place for its citizens when girls and their parents insist on and demand the education and jobs they truly deserve. Then they can look at unemployed bozos like Shekau and ask themselves, "Why pay such a dear price for a tiny piece of sausage when the whole pig is available, slaughtered too for pennies on the dollar?"

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