African girls
 

How is it any business of the USA? Is the media leading this (selling more commercial time) story? Reminds me of the starving children shown endlessly on TV so we could deliver the pizza in Mogadishu. We know how that turned out.

It is our business because child trafficking and the selling of children is a world wide problem, and just like other human right travesties and abuses, it is important to speak up, step up and act to champion the safety of the children, wherever they are.

As the former Country Director of Save the Children Canada, I traveled to the World Forum on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth in Yokohama Japan where 133 countries told their stories and showed pictures of children as young as a few weeks being sexually abused and sold for slavery, marriage (rape), and internet. Prior to this conference, I attended the North American pre-conference on this same topic at the University of Pennsylvania where high level officials from Mexico, the United States and Canada discussed the cross border trafficking of our own children.

I am proud that our country is taking a stand and assisting in finding these kidnapped innocent children. I think we all learned from the Holocaust that such things should never happen again.

First of all, this is an act of terrorism, and terrorism isn't isolated. Boko Haram used to call themselves the Nigerian Taliban. I believe that their current name translates to "Western Education is Sinful".

Secondly, the group is threatening to sell the girls on the "market" where they will become child brides or forced workers in the sex trade. The exploitation of children anywhere in the world should be a concern to anyone who is a parent (really to anyone who is a human being).

Thirdly, Nigeria is Africa's largest economy. What happens there will have ripple effects throughout the continent. If you don't think that Africa is important to our interests, you should take a look at the amount of money China spends over there.

And lastly, I wonder if the reaction of the world would be different if this happened in the United States or Norway or Italy.

To answer the parts of your post about the media and Mogadishu, I think it's a shame that the fight between Jay-Z and Beyonces sister in the elevator got more news coverage than this. And for you to characterize the efforts to stop the warlords in Mogadishu from intercepting food relief from all over the world as "delivering pizzas" does a disservice to the effort, but also to the Rangers and Delta Force people, and all the others that died trying to save children from a certain slow death by starvation.

I hope this answered your questions.

Florida ranks #3 in the nation in child trafficking. It is a global issue, including serious crimes close to home.

I echo your thoughts
 

AMEN. You are correct in everything you state above.

Also, it is no less important than Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and rape at the hands of a madman. Ditto for those three girls in Cleveland kidnapped by pervert Ariel Castro.....(I just read Michelle Knight's book in less than one day...what a sicko he was).....or little Maddy McCann in Portugal, where they blamed the parents at first.

Unimaginable horrors are inflicted on girls in our country daily...and boys.

In Vermont, we have our own pervert who will spend the rest of his life in jail after kidnapping and murdering his own 14 year old niece, Brooke Bennett, after coercing her and another that they were in a sex "training" ring.........we would drive through that little hamlet of Randolph each time we went north to see the grandchildren.......

That "group" in Nigeria has claimed they will even come to America and do the same thing here (as we heard on one news show).

God Forbid. Childhood innocence is lost as parents have to warn children of who lurks out there.

But with the diversity so important in university settings today, it feasibly could happen....meaning they could be allowed into our country, all preppy looking, under the guise of cultural diversity.

Look at the 911 terrorists who trained to fly airplanes in Venice, Fl.

A moral people stand up to that which is wrong, no matter where it is located. We do this because it is the right thing to do, and know that if we stand quietly when it happens, then it may be on our doorstep next.

Please read quote at the bottom of this post!!

What is a vulpine? Did you see the CBS female reporter interviewing the MASKED (with head covering)militant terrorist Nigerian soldier?

I believe her name is Clarissa Ward? He wouldn't really give her a straight answer re the girls they kidnapped............

What I meant is without his head gear, mask, etc. he could put on some preppy looking duds and get into one of our top universities no doubt.

All of the colleges are looking for cultural diversity and very accepting of foreign students.


That's what I meant, no more, no less. It could happen in our country.........to our grand kids.

Thank you, Thank you, Jane!

I cannot imagine anyone turning a blind eye to this ATROCITY.

Excellent post and entirely true. Thank you. :BigApplause:

AMEN! Well said.:BigApplause:

I agree...wonder if anyone is following the gunning down of children in Syria !!!

TO satisfy the concerned and curious....first post with this ID...I am a returning veteran !!

JB's point stands. The reality is evil is rampant in the world, and always has been. Unless you want to expend infinite resources, the focus should be at home first. There were lots of criminal aliens who were recently released. Take the resources and protect our border and you will cut down on sex crimes in the US. Let's focus closer to home.

The poor Nigerian girls situation evokes sympathy understandably. But, the real problem there is Radical Islam but we're not supposed to be crass enough to say that. They have a medieval view of women in general. If that is diversity, they can keep it.