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Originally Posted by JBarracks
How is it any business of the USA? Is the media leading this (selling more commercial time) story? Reminds me of the starving children shown endlessly on TV so we could deliver the pizza in Mogadishu. We know how that turned out.
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First of all, this is an act of terrorism, and terrorism isn't isolated. Boko Haram used to call themselves the Nigerian Taliban. I believe that their current name translates to "Western Education is Sinful".
Secondly, the group is threatening to sell the girls on the "market" where they will become child brides or forced workers in the sex trade. The exploitation of children anywhere in the world should be a concern to anyone who is a parent (really to anyone who is a human being).
Thirdly, Nigeria is Africa's largest economy. What happens there will have ripple effects throughout the continent. If you don't think that Africa is important to our interests, you should take a look at the amount of money China spends over there.
And lastly, I wonder if the reaction of the world would be different if this happened in the United States or Norway or Italy.
To answer the parts of your post about the media and Mogadishu, I think it's a shame that the fight between Jay-Z and Beyonces sister in the elevator got more news coverage than this. And for you to characterize the efforts to stop the warlords in Mogadishu from intercepting food relief from all over the world as "delivering pizzas" does a disservice to the effort, but also to the Rangers and Delta Force people, and all the others that died trying to save children from a certain slow death by starvation.
I hope this answered your questions.