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Fox News aired a hard-hitting exchange on Special Report where Sergeant Major Garric Banfield and General Dagvin Anderson weighed the prospect of U.S. military involvement in Nigeria amid mounting reports of attacks on Christians. The segment made clear that senior military voices are watching the situation and believe the United States must be prepared to act if diplomatic pressure and sanctions fail.
President Trump publicly ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for possible military action, warning he would cut aid and would not tolerate mass slaughter of Christians, language that shocked the diplomatic establishment but delighted those who believe righteousness sometimes requires force. That direct challenge to Nigeria’s leaders is more than rhetoric; it forced the international community to finally treat these atrocities as a strategic problem, not a side note.
Nigeria’s government predictably pushed back, calling the U.S. designation and threats based on “faulty data,” and insisting its security forces are battling terrorism rather than persecuting a faith. That defensive posture from Abuja is familiar: governments facing failure often prefer spin to reform while the blood of the innocent stains their record.
The human toll is harrowing and cannot be papered over by talking points: Nigeria has seen mass kidnappings and massacres, including recent attacks where hundreds of children and civilians were seized or slaughtered. Those headlines are the moral engine behind calls for action; when churches and schools become killing fields, words without consequence become complicity.
Military leaders like General Anderson rightly remind us that declaring moral outrage is not the same as protecting the vulnerable — readiness and resolve are required. Conservatives should applaud a president and a military willing to put force on the table rather than bow to the bureaucratic inertia that lets slaughter continue unchecked.
That said, muscle must be matched with strategy: targeted sanctions, intelligence sharing, and calibrated strikes that degrade terrorist networks while coordinating with reliable Nigerian partners will be more effective than grandstanding alone. The goal must be to destroy the militants who prey on Christians and other innocents, restore local security, and pressure corrupt or incompetent officials to do their duty.
Washington should also stop worshipping process over results; endless committees and photo-op diplomacy have failed the persecuted for decades. If the administration is sincere, it will move beyond hot words and deploy a mix of punitive measures and kinetic options to protect believers and stabilize regions where jihadists and bandits operate with impunity.
Patriotism means defending the defenseless, even when doing so complicates foreign entanglements. Conservatives must demand accountability, back decisive measures that save lives, and refuse to let religious persecution become another international tragedy we only mourn between cable-news cycles.
