Good point, Chris.  But what to do?  Boko Haram is a truly odious organization.  Providing weapons to Nigeria is fraught with risk; a significant portion of all African aid ends up lining the pockets of black marketeers, corrupt governments, or both.  Add automatic weapons or grenade launchers to that list and you have disaster waiting to happen.

On the other hand, if he sends military support – even training – the move will be seen as imperialist by most of the world, and war-mongering by the far left.  I don’t like or trust Trump, but there are some wingnuts out there who would vilify him even if he brokered Middle East peace and reunited Led Zeppelin.

And to do nothing is perhaps the worst choice of all.  We are speaking of an organization that kidnaps and enslaves children for political ends.