Smitty, the other half of TheOtherMcCain challenges GOP candidates on Christmas Day Nigera attacks: Tell us straight out how the U.S. should respond?

And to you Ron Paul, how many Christian bodies need to pile up in Africa, the Middle East before we fight back?

From Eric Dondero

As many libertarian-conservatives are aware Smitty is the illustrious other half of TheOtherMcCain team, close allies and friends of us here at LR on the libertarian right.

Yesterday, he penned a tough-minded reaction to the massive Christmas Day bombings in Nigeria. The death toll is now reported to be well into the 40s. Three churches were bombed. Parishioners who fled from some of the churches were gunned down by machine gun fire coming from Islamists. EMT responders were also purposely targeted.

Smitty, a Navy Vet, and contractor who has recently served in Afghanistan, takes the non-interventionists/isolationists in the U.S. to task:

Earlier, this blog noted the plight of the Egyptian Christians.

Memeorandum points to The New York Times (twice today) with atrocious news: A series of apparently coordinated bombings struck three churches during Christmas services across Nigeria on Sunday, killing more than a dozen people and solidifying a recent escalation in violence by a radical Muslim sect.

Anybody who thinks Islamism can be appeased "is a fool"

The Islamic extremists wage jihad, and refer to Western countries as ?Crusaders?.

A fellow Baptist like Ron Paul might balk at U.S. involvement in supporting people in foreign countries who are being butchered. But, as with these Nigerians in today?s outrage, the Copts in Egypt, or the Jews in Europe in the last century, we have a gnawing question: what is the body count at which one triggers that possible Burke line:

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

There really is no formula to compute the crossover point. It?s a matter of context and leadership. Nevertheless, I should expect our serious GOP candidates to offer some kind of policy. On the playground of world religions, there is exactly one bully. Whoever thinks that bully can be appeased is a fool, and needs to have their foolishness escorted away from levers of power.

Photo from massacre of Christians, last year in Jos. Credits - ChristianMessenger, GetReligion.org.

Source: http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2011/12/smitty-other-half-of-theothermccain.html

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