“If they knew where they were, I certainly would send in U.S. troops to rescue them, in a New York minute I would, without permission of the host country. I wouldn’t be waiting for some kind of permission from some guy named Goodluck Jonathan,”
Han konstaterade sedan att den nigeranska regeringen bara skulle vinna på en amerikansk fritagning:
“I would not be involved in the niceties of getting the Nigerian government to agree, because if we did rescue these people, there would be nothing but gratitude from the Nigerian government, such as it is,”
Även president Obama skulle gynnas av saken:
“If we rescued these young girls, it would be the high point of the [President Obama’s] popularity.”
Bob Corker, republikanernas toppman vid Senatens utrikeskommitté betonade dock vikten av samarbete med Nigerias regering:
“I’m very open to us doing a lot more than what we’re doing. I think we should consider Special Forces. The government of Nigeria itself should be open to that, I think it’s important that the host country welcome our efforts.”
Här besvarar Vita Husets presstalesman Jay Carney kravet från McCain där han förklarar att några specialstyrkor emellertid inte är aktuella:
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