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Post by minx on Apr 30, 2024 13:50:47 GMT -5
Children and families are starving to death in Sudan. Families are being displaced and killed in massive and unexpected flooding in Kenya. Children are being kidnapped in Nigeria from schools and raped by terrorists.
Why aren't students out in the streets championing these people? I suspect it's not popular because they come from 'shithole' countries. And didn't we fix this all in the 80s with Live Aid?
The situation in Nigeria and Sudan along with Congo is heart-wrenching. The families in Sudan don't even have refugee camps to go to - they just are sitting in their villages waiting to die. And in Nigeria, in many cases the girls who are rescued or escape are treated like pariahs in their communities when they return because people suspect them of collaborating - how come they managed to leave when others were trapped? Clearly they are Boko Harem converts and therefore can't be trusted.
Don't know a solution, but those people need help too and I wish more people called attention to their plight.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Apr 30, 2024 15:52:36 GMT -5
How come everything is America's problem and follow up question where the hell is the rest of the free world?
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Post by k9krap on Apr 30, 2024 16:40:39 GMT -5
I thought Russia was taking care of Africa, since Kenya (? I may have the country wrong) has evicted the US troops there?
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Post by minx on May 1, 2024 9:15:40 GMT -5
Not saying it's our problem by any means, just noting that it's interesting that Gaza seems to be our problem. Was musing on how priorities get set. (and yes, I know - the Tok and other social media seem to control the narritave anymore these days)
And that what's happening in Gaza is beyond awful, but the real genocides are happening in other countries - the Uyghur in China, the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Russia and China have moved into large parts of Africa - there was so much destruction and looting of resources during colonial rule, that there is a long-term distrust of European countries there. And I suspect that most countries went in with an attitude of 'We know what's best for you' - just like we did in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on May 1, 2024 11:25:11 GMT -5
I whittled my post down from essentially the same thing you're saying about the priorities and selective involvement. The question was posed assuming that was a global expectation, not yours per se'.
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Post by minx on May 1, 2024 12:21:41 GMT -5
There are a lot of issues around African immigration that are very similar to immigration from Central America and Mexico, Interesting but sad at the same time.
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Post by minx on May 5, 2024 11:07:32 GMT -5
1.7 million at risk for 'extreme hunger' according to the UN. Sudan is blocking humanitarian aid from coming in.
Same song, different place. The world is a harsh and dangerous place in many areas. I have a hard time imagining sitting in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by dirt and denuded trees (everything having been useful on said tree being stripped and eaten by desperate people, waiting to starve. And I hope I never have to experience it either.
US has tried to intervene and it has not gone well - I don't think we should go back in at all. I just think of the misery of those people and cry.
And I think of the misery of the people here who are destitute and cry as well. However, we can do something to help them out. And people should pay more attention to them - Trump ain't for sure.
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