Americans can’t close our eyes to the murder of Christians in Nigeria
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Nigeria faces Islamic terrorism crisis with 52,000 Christians killed since 2009, but targeted strikes and intelligence cooperation offer alternatives to boots-on-ground engagement.
Islamic terrorism is not a problem we can wish away and Nigeria is far more vital to American security than most people realize. Congressman Michael Baumgartner represents Washington's 5th congressional district.
But I had just been on a fact-finding mission to Nigeria a week earlier and, although U.S. Africa Command’s kinetic action was a surprise, it was not entirely unexpected. In November, President Donald Trump had made clear to Nigeria’s leaders that they had to do more to combat terrorism. This strike resulted from close cooperation between Nigerian and American military planners.
In the nation’s capital, Abuja, I knelt in the Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria the weekend before Christmas and prayed with Christians who live, work and worship in a capital that — at least for now — still feels normal. Kids fidgeted in the pews. Families sang. It wasn’t that different than my parish at home in Spokane, Washington.
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