Wallbuilders Live! With David Barton & Rick Green

A quiet holiday reset gives way to a hard question: when should America act to stop mass killing abroad? We sit down with Rudy Atala, Deputy Senior Director of Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, to unpack the U.S. strike that rattled ISIS-linked militants and Fulani warlords in Nigeria’s north. Rudy explains how years of targeted violence against Christians escalated, why Nigeria’s government asked for U.S. support, and how a single precision operation using an MQ-9 and guided munitions helped enable Nigerian forces to move in and stabilize key areas.We break down Nigeria’s complex map: a 50-50 religious split, a contested middle belt where herder militias and jihadist factions collide with farming communities, and a political backdrop that opened the door to armed networks. Rudy paints a blunt picture of the target set—criminal warlords fused with ISIS affiliates—and the likely removal of a notorious kingpin, Bello Turji. He also tackles a bigger debate many listeners share: where does consti