A plane crashes in the French Alps with 150 on board… and the world gasps in horror. Muslims slaughter 100 Christians in a Nigerian village and… the world yawns. What’s the difference? Hint, the answer isn’t 50.
Perversely, it’s the preventability factor.
From what we’ve learned so far about the downed Airbus A320, the aircraft was deliberately smashed into a mountain by a mentally unhinged co-pilot. A tragic but random act of lunacy.
And for all the endless media analysis that follows in the wake of a disaster like this, for all the “what ifs” and “if onlys,” it’s still impossible to predict when someone who’s troubled (or say, planning a personal jihad) will snap – and what the results will be. For all our hand-wringing and additional security measures, we will continue to be – as one commentator put it – “blindsided” by shocking events like this.
On the other hand, consider the ongoing slaughter of innocent civilians by mobs of rampaging Muslims, particularly this most recent outrage in Nigeria, where the only ones “blindsided” were the poor victims ~
In the early hours of 15 March in a village in Benue state, close to the Cameroon border, 100 people, including women and children, were slaughtered by Fulani herdsmen who broke into homes and started shooting while their victims slept.
A witness who escaped the killings said ‘we were still sleeping when they entered our village and started shooting sporadically in all directions killing every human and animal in sight’.
Wait – what? Where was CNN? Fox News? Where were the dozens of media analysts dissecting the story from every possible angle?
[At the very least you’d think the #BlackLivesMatter crowd would be all over this… or don’t these particular #BlackLivesMatter?]
Do the mainstream news networks ignore these deaths because (God forbid!) the killing has been become so routine, we’ve become callously indifferent to it?
The real tragedy is that – unlike the Germanwings disaster – we actually have the means to help prevent these horrors. We just lack the determination to do so.
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For years now, North Africans – predominantly Christians – have been kidnapped, raped, murdered, burned out of their homes; in countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Central African Republic, Uganda and Sudan.
New branches of Islamic barbarians are sprouting up with increasing frequency. This most recent attack in Nigeria wasn’t the handiwork of the usual suspects, Boko Haram. It was carried out by herdsmen known as Fulani ~
Many Fulani are known to have strong links with regional Islamist movements. They are largely a nomadic tribe, who spread across national boundaries and are found in countries from Senegal to Sudan.
Since 2011 hundreds of lives have been lost during raids or because of targeted killings by Fulani, with many victims from Christian communities.
Speaking of the notorious Boko Haram, they’ve been busy terrorizing Nigeria lately as well ~
BREITBART 3-21-15 ~ Mass Grave of over 100 Bodies Found in Town Boko Haram Controlled
A mass grave containing an estimated 100 bodies, most with their throats visibly cut through, was found in the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak after Chadian and Nigerien forces eradicated occupying Boko Haram terrorists.
Same town, just three days later – the Islamo-fascists were back! ~
BREITBART 3-24-15 ~ Boko Haram Kidnaps 350-500 More from Town ‘Liberated’ by Coalition Forces
The Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram has abducted between 350-500 people from the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak, Borno state, according to a report by Reuters. The abduction follows news of Nigerian officials liberating a new town while the terror group lost two female suicide bombers to a premature detonation.
Reuters reports that the exact number of those abducted from Damasak remains unknown, but residents reported Tuesday that the terror group stormed the town and “kidnapped more than 400 women and children.” One witness told Reuters that Boko Haram “took 506 young women and children,” though fifty were killed before they left the town.
Predictable. PREVENTABLE. They’re not going to stop until somebody stops them.
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As the Germanwings story continues to unfold, it appears that the co-pilot deliberately brought the plane down killing himself and 149 others. If that’s the case, it would have been nearly impossible to prevent this tragedy. Even with every possible control in place, a determined nutcase will find a way to wreak havoc.
However, when it comes to these gangs of barbarians running wild in Africa, no in-depth analysis by msm talking heads is required. We know WHO. We know WHERE. We know HOW; they’re coordinated “military” attacks, not random suicide bombings. And we know WHY; they’re following an evil, twisted ideology.
Further carnage is almost entirely preventable and yet we do nothing. Or – shockingly – worse than nothing: Obama Accused of Obstructing Battle against Boko Haram to Promote Axelrod’s Nigerian Muslim Client. Actually, this revelation is so astounding, I’m still trying to digest it. (I highly recommend reading the whole thing.)
Briefly, as Accuracy in Media explains, it appears that Israel isn’t the only country in which the Obama administration has been attempting to sway election outcomes! Apparently it’s not very difficult to do that in Nigeria, their politics are replete with corruption (Money rules elections in Nigeria) ~
With ideology less important than the battle to control resources, elections can sometimes be no-holds-barred battles with candidates and parties employing armed thugs to bludgeon supporters of opponents, snatch ballots and rig results.
You can see how Barack Obama’s former advisor, David Axelrod, would be in his natural element here. His “political consulting group,” AKPD is assisting Retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress. The real kicker: Buhari is a Muslim with alleged ties to Boko Haram. What a guy!
Current president Goodluck Jonathan is no choirboy – and it’s probably his strict anti-gay legislation that really triggered Obama’s opposition – however ~
A well-placed Nigerian interviewed for this report who asked to remain unidentified says that influential Nigerians within and outside the government believe Obama deliberately undermined the war effort and sabotaged the Nigerian economy to make President Jonathan appear weak and ineffectual, and thus bolster the electoral prospects for AKPD’s client, Buhari.
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I really hadn’t intended to go off on this Nigerian elections tangent, but this development with Axelrod is so shameless it’s criminal! It just illustrates how truly evil this administration is. Furthermore, it explains why America isn’t doing a damn thing to help the poor targets of Islamic extremists in Northern Africa.
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These ongoing attacks in Nigeria are predictable. And they’re almost entirely PREVENTABLE. Which is why further carnage in North Africa is now on the hands of the west – not just the actual perpetrators.
We have the means. We lack the will. And tragically, we lack the leadership.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil
is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke
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Related:
So sad ~ Nigeria: Rescued Children Can’t Remember Names, Parents ~
The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in northern Nigeria has hit the 1.5 million mark due to the ongoing insurgency of Boko Haram, the United Nations agency for refugees (UNHCR) reports.
Nigeria is ranked No. 10 on the Open Doors 2015 World Watch List of the worst persecutors of Christians. Last year a total of 2,484 Christians were martyred in Nigeria, the highest total of any country in the world.
2,484 is more than 16 Germanwings suicide crashes.
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