Main reason why we can't have a serious discourse about intervention is that everyone brings own baggage, or self-interest, into it
The pre-eminent example of how not to tackle Boko Haram is probably what Museveni & the US did w the LRA, which is still around after 26 yrs
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Boko Haram are unspeakably evil, and so was the LRA, but dismantling them will take more than bomb bravado & h/ts. Govts always play a role
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Museveni almost had a symbiotic relationship with his supposed arch-enemy Kony for decades. His corruption also fed the "public evil".
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For starters, read background about Nigeria's conflict history (one suce intro https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/war-nerd-boko-haram/ …) and ask Nigerians about corruption
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