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Originally Posted by BarryRX
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.
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JB's point stands. The reality is evil is rampant in the world, and always has been. Unless you want to expend infinite resources, the focus should be at home first. There were lots of criminal aliens who were recently released. Take the resources and protect our border and you will cut down on sex crimes in the US. Let's focus closer to home.
The poor Nigerian girls situation evokes sympathy understandably. But, the real problem there is Radical Islam but we're not supposed to be crass enough to say that. They have a medieval view of women in general. If that is diversity, they can keep it.