Trump Warns U.S. Military ‘May Very Well’ Go into Nigeria ‘Guns-a-Blazing’ over Killing of Christians

[Jake Starkey]

You are describing office politics, not actual responsibilities there.

I am describing how command authority and advisement work.

A JAG will advise a commander if he is giving unlawful order.

 

[QP!]

Advise. They don't make command decisions. They are staff, not command officers.

No, that is what the JAG officer is recommending. It isn't set in stone. It is the commanding officer getting advice from his legal officer. JAG's do not have command authority and cannot override a commanding officer's decisions.

As i said semantic.

Neither police, nor lawyers, nor judges can MAKE you follow the law. All three could tell an action you are considering taking will get you arrested and jailed and if you have not done it yet, and want to, you can call it 'advisory' and do it anyway while then going to jail.

I am not saying it is the same as an 'order', but it is a NECESSARY permission structure, because if they tell you it is illegal to do something and you do it, then you have no defense in court. Whereas if they tell you it is legal, and you do, even if the JAG was wrong and it was illegal, you then cannot be prosecuted as you can argue you had no intent to break the law, as you were told you were fallowing the law.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Let's get you straight.
Here’s how the system works now:

Key Changes in Military Justice​

• Commanders No Longer Decide Prosecutions: A major reform removed commanders from the decision-making process for prosecuting serious crimes, including sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. This change was mandated by the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act and took effect on December 28, 2023.

Crimes, not military decisions. Totally different thing. This is irrelevant to the C in C ordering an invasion of Sudan or something.

• Role of Special Trial Counsel (STC): Each military branch now has independent prosecution offices staffed by trained attorneys. These offices decide whether to press charges or send cases to trial—not the chain of command.

Same thing. This is dealing with criminal law enforcement within the military. Irrelevant to military decision making. If the CO orders a unit into battle, the JAG gets no say in that.

• JAG Officers’ Role: JAGs (Judge Advocate General officers) continue to provide legal advice to commanders and service members, but they do not have command authority over prosecution decisions. They may advise on legality, procedure, and rights, but they cannot initiate or block prosecutions.

Exactly what I was saying. JAG's have no command authority.

Why This Matters​

• The reform aims to ensure fairness and impartiality, especially in politically sensitive cases like sexual assault.

Again, this is dealing with criminal law outside of warfare.

• Victims are now assured that their case will be evaluated by legal professionals, not influenced by unit politics or career concerns.

Same thing here. Criminal proceedings outside of warfare.

So, it Trump wants to invade Sudan or whatever, the JAG gets no say in that beyond giving legal advice, if asked.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

As i said semantic.

Neither police, nor lawyers, nor judges can MAKE you follow the law. All three could tell an action you are considering taking will get you arrested and jailed and if you have not done it yet, and want to, you can call it 'advisory' and do it anyway while then going to jail.

I am not saying it is the same as an 'order', but it is a NECESSARY permission structure, because if they tell you it is illegal to do something and you do it, then you have no defense in court. Whereas if they tell you it is legal, and you do, even if the JAG was wrong and it was illegal, you then cannot be prosecuted as you can argue you had no intent to break the law, as you were told you were fallowing the law.

You and Blakely are conflating criminal and civil law with the laws of warfare. Military decisions made by an officer in the chain of command are followed unless blatantly and obviously illegal not JAG is involved in that.

 

[Jake Starkey]

We are talking about not following unlawful orders. You are talking about a Strawman fallacy. We are not talking about invading Somalia or the Sudan.

What was your rank, your MOS or Branch, and where did you serve?

You really don't get it.

 

[Jake Starkey]

T. A. Gardiner: You and Blakely are conflating criminal and civil law with the laws of warfare. Military decisions made by an officer in the chain of command are followed unless blatantly and obviously illegal not JAG is involved in that.

Jake Starkey: No one here is conflating anything. You don't understand the UCMJ and how it actually works. You don't understand the roles of JAG officers, obviously.

Once again, what was your ranks and MOS or Branch?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

We are talking about not following unlawful orders. You are talking about a Strawman fallacy. We are not talking about invading Somalia or the Sudan.

What was your rank, your MOS or Branch, and where did you serve?

You really don't get it.

Yes, we quite literally are. The strawman fallacy is trying to tell us, me, that some JAG officer can tell Trump to shove it when it comes to mounting an invasion of some country.

EMC(SW) nec 3384 USN 2/79 to 12/2005

Your turn.

 

[Diogenes]

The appeal is to Christians. Donald Trump is showing the world that he is doing something for Christians to make the world better for them.

@tigerred59 is Black Desh.

 

[Jake Starkey]

T. A. Gardiner: The strawman fallacy is trying to tell us, me, that some JAG officer can tell Trump to shove it when it comes to mounting an invasion of some country.

Jake Starkey: YOU said that, not me. Those are your words. The JAGs might say "that is not lawful", but it is up to the CiC whether he will follow the advice.

 

[archives]

From what?




You lie. President Trump did speak publicly on the slaughter and persecution of Christians in Nigeria during his first term (2017–2021).

He raised the issue directly in a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on April 30, 2018, at the White House. President Trump stated that the United States was "deeply concerned by religious violence in Nigeria, including the burning of churches and the killing and persecution of Christians," and urged Nigeria to "immediately secure the affected communities and protect innocent civilians of all faiths."

Buhari responded by acknowledging the violence, attributing it partly to herdsmen conflicts and cross-border influences.This public confrontation caught Buhari off-guard and led to immediate Nigerian actions, such as deploying security forces to troubled areas. The remarks aligned with broader U.S. concerns about religious freedom, including reports from groups like Open Doors on attacks by Boko Haram and Fulani militants.

President Trump later designated Nigeria a "Country of Particular Concern" in December 2020 for severe religious freedom violations, which included the ongoing killings of Christians.

These actions were part of Trump's administration's focus on global religious persecution, as seen in the first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in July 2018, where Nigeria's situation was highlighted. However, critics noted that violence continued after Joe Biden's election.



A textbook example of saber-rattling, not a war plan. It’s loud, theatrical, and designed to dominate headlines and pressure Nigeria without crossing the threshold of irreversible commitment.

And did nothing about it but now he wants to invade, I rest my case

 

[Diogenes]

And did nothing about it but now he wants to invade, I rest my case

You have no case.

During his first term (2017-2021), President Trump authorized a significant escalation in U.S. military operations against Islamist terrorist groups in Africa, particularly those affiliated with al-Shabaab (an al-Qaeda branch in Somalia) and ISIS affiliates like Boko Haram in Nigeria and ISWAP in the Lake Chad region.

This included loosening rules of engagement for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), enabling more aggressive airstrikes and special operations.

Over 185 airstrikes were conducted in Somalia alone between January 2017 and January 2021, targeting al-Shabaab fighters responsible for attacks on civilians, such as the October 2017 Mogadishu bombing that killed over 500 people.

These strikes degraded the group's ability to launch large-scale assaults on population centers.

In West Africa, the Trump administration built on U.S. support for the Multinational Joint Task Force (involving Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and others), providing training, intelligence, and equipment that helped reclaim territory from Boko Haram by 2019, reducing civilian casualties in the northeast.

The Trump administration also designated Sudan a state sponsor of terrorism in 2019.

Broader efforts included providing Automated Targeting System-Global (ATS-G) software to over 15 African countries for screening terrorist travelers, cutting off mobility for groups like al-Shabaab that recruit across borders.

The 2018 National Strategy for Counterterrorism explicitly prioritized disrupting radical Islamist networks in Africa through sanctions, intelligence sharing, and cyber operations to counter propaganda that incites civilian attacks.

In his second term, President Trump has restarted and intensified kinetic operations.

On February 1, 2025, he directed AFRICOM to launch coordinated airstrikes in Somalia's Golis Mountains, killing at least 14 ISIS-Somalia operatives, including a senior attack planner linked to plots against civilians in Puntland; these militants had been using cave networks to stage bombings in markets and villages.

This destroyed hideouts without reported civilian harm and signaling a return to offensive posture after a Biden-era slowdown.

Additional strikes in March 2025 killed several ISIS-Somalia militants in Puntland, further eroding their recruitment and attack planning.

By June 2025, AFRICOM had executed at least 43 airstrikes in Somalia; more than double the prior year's total, primarily targeting ISIS-Somalia in Puntland's Cal Miskaat Mountains and al-Shabaab near Kismayo, disrupting their ability to hit coastal towns and refugee camps

On November 2, 2025, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to plan potential U.S. military intervention in Nigeria, including airstrikes or troop deployments, to eradicate Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters amid a resurgence of attacks killing civilians across faiths; he simultaneously halted all U.S. aid to Nigeria pending Nigerian action against the murderers.

This threat, tied to reports of indiscriminate village massacres, aims to force Nigerian cooperation while directly targeting the groups' operational bases in the northeast.

 

[Libhater]

@tigerred59 is Black Desh.

We've had this growing socialist/communist party on the Left silence Christians during biden's term when innocent Christians were
quietly protesting out in front of an abortion center, and by shutting down Christian churches during the COVID days while allowing
bars to stay open. We even have an anti Christian/ anti white leftist loon at this forum named guno who has nothing but hate for we
proud and moral pro American Christians.

 

[Guno צְבִי]

We've had this growing socialist/communist party on the Left silence Christians during biden's term when innocent Christians were
quietly protesting out in front of an abortion center, and by shutting down Christian churches during the COVID days while allowing
bars to stay open. We even have an anti Christian/ anti white leftist loon at this forum named guno who has nothing but hate for we
proud and moral pro American Christians.

Xtian fundys don't consider catholics xtians

 

[archives]

You have no case.

During his first term (2017-2021), President Trump authorized a significant escalation in U.S. military operations against Islamist terrorist groups in Africa, particularly those affiliated with al-Shabaab (an al-Qaeda branch in Somalia) and ISIS affiliates like Boko Haram in Nigeria and ISWAP in the Lake Chad region.

This included loosening rules of engagement for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), enabling more aggressive airstrikes and special operations.

Over 185 airstrikes were conducted in Somalia alone between January 2017 and January 2021, targeting al-Shabaab fighters responsible for attacks on civilians, such as the October 2017 Mogadishu bombing that killed over 500 people.

These strikes degraded the group's ability to launch large-scale assaults on population centers.

In West Africa, the Trump administration built on U.S. support for the Multinational Joint Task Force (involving Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and others), providing training, intelligence, and equipment that helped reclaim territory from Boko Haram by 2019, reducing civilian casualties in the northeast.

The Trump administration also designated Sudan a state sponsor of terrorism in 2019.

Broader efforts included providing Automated Targeting System-Global (ATS-G) software to over 15 African countries for screening terrorist travelers, cutting off mobility for groups like al-Shabaab that recruit across borders.

The 2018 National Strategy for Counterterrorism explicitly prioritized disrupting radical Islamist networks in Africa through sanctions, intelligence sharing, and cyber operations to counter propaganda that incites civilian attacks.

In his second term, President Trump has restarted and intensified kinetic operations.

On February 1, 2025, he directed AFRICOM to launch coordinated airstrikes in Somalia's Golis Mountains, killing at least 14 ISIS-Somalia operatives, including a senior attack planner linked to plots against civilians in Puntland; these militants had been using cave networks to stage bombings in markets and villages.

This destroyed hideouts without reported civilian harm and signaling a return to offensive posture after a Biden-era slowdown.

Additional strikes in March 2025 killed several ISIS-Somalia militants in Puntland, further eroding their recruitment and attack planning.

By June 2025, AFRICOM had executed at least 43 airstrikes in Somalia; more than double the prior year's total, primarily targeting ISIS-Somalia in Puntland's Cal Miskaat Mountains and al-Shabaab near Kismayo, disrupting their ability to hit coastal towns and refugee camps

On November 2, 2025, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to plan potential U.S. military intervention in Nigeria, including airstrikes or troop deployments, to eradicate Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters amid a resurgence of attacks killing civilians across faiths; he simultaneously halted all U.S. aid to Nigeria pending Nigerian action against the murderers.

This threat, tied to reports of indiscriminate village massacres, aims to force Nigerian cooperation while directly targeting the groups' operational bases in the northeast.

Bullshit, just “mentioning” it and invading aren’t quite in the same ballpark, he did nothing then and now wants to boots on the ground, pure deflection, nothing more

 

[Diogenes]

Bullshit, just “mentioning” it and invading aren’t quite in the same ballpark, he did nothing then and now wants to boots on the ground, pure deflection, nothing more

Over 185 airstrikes between January 2017 and January 2021, targeting al-Shabaab fighters responsible for attacks on civilians, such as the October 2017 Mogadishu bombing that killed over 500 people are nothing?

Additional coordinated airstrikes in Somalia's Golis Mountains in February this year killing at least 14 ISIS-Somalia operatives, including a senior attack planner linked to plots against civilians in Puntland; these militants had been using cave networks to stage bombings in markets and villages, are nothing?

Additional strikes in March 2025 are nothing?

Its looks as if "nothing" is what you've got, Anchovies.

 

[Jake Starkey]

We've had this growing socialist/communist party on the Left silence Christians during biden's term when innocent Christians were
quietly protesting out in front of an abortion center, and by shutting down Christian churches during the COVID days while allowing
bars to stay open. We even have an anti Christian/ anti white leftist loon at this forum named guno who has nothing but hate for we
proud and moral pro American Christians.

What socialist/communist party? in America? You are goofy.

We have very few proud and moral pro American Christians in our great country here. And you are not one of them.

proud and moral pro American Christians.

 

[LurchAddams]

Trump Warns U.S. Military 'May Very Well' Go into Nigeria 'Guns-a-Blazing'

President Donald Trump warned that if Nigeria continues to allow Christians to be slaughtered, the U.S. will go in "guns-a-Blazing."

www.breitbart.com

Islamist .. estimated to have slaughtered between 50,000 to 350,000 Christians.

The government has done little or nothing to stop them.

Everything trump says and does from now until eternity is to distract from the release of the Epstein files.

 

[archives]

Over 185 airstrikes between January 2017 and January 2021, targeting al-Shabaab fighters responsible for attacks on civilians, such as the October 2017 Mogadishu bombing that killed over 500 people are nothing?

Additional coordinated airstrikes in Somalia's Golis Mountains in February this year killing at least 14 ISIS-Somalia operatives, including a senior attack planner linked to plots against civilians in Puntland; these militants had been using cave networks to stage bombings in markets and villages, are nothing?

Additional strikes in March 2025 are nothing?

Its looks as if "nothing" is what you've got, Anchovies.

Ah, in Somalia, Somalia, the Somalia on the other side of the continent from Nigeria, DUH

And thus you have the reason “copy and paste” leaves off his sources

 

[Libhater]

What socialist/communist party? in America? You are goofy.

We have very few proud and moral pro American Christians in our great country here. And you are not one of them.

There is a poll that says 68% of democrats have a positive view of socialism. And now you're going to get quite a huge
rise in blue city/state/dem party socialism where its graduated from 1st step socialism to outright communism with
the eventual election of commie mamdani in N.Y.C. Anyone supporting socialism like you obviously do, is quite goofy.

 

[Jake Starkey]

1. What is 1st step socialism?
2. What is outright communism?
3. Why is Mamdani a communist?
4. What do you talk idiotically?