Vegas incident V Somali incident...
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Can you cite the UK currently holding captive ten hostages as a result of maritime piracy at this present moment? Or a history post the year 2000 of umpteen murderous attacks and robbery on civilian and commercial vessels by UK citizens in UK waters? Ransom demands under threat (and the actual carrying out) of murder of hostages to piracy? Celebrated or not?
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Back to the OP, I read this story on the BBC, it was mentioned on BBC breakfast where they covered it by starting with 'many other outlets not covering this yet but... SOmalia has experienced the worst terrorist attack worldwide for many years'
Then spoke a bit about it and moved along.
Somalia is a lawless wilderness outside of the main city from all accounts.
Al Shbab continue their insurgency to bring about their apocalypse.
Many people die in such a mess, and frankly as it is far away and we have no vested interest in the wasteland, they don't report it as anything but a footnote.
Issue is, we should be doing more, and care more, because if they win, and prevail, they will progress outwards in greater numbers than they already do, that should be of concern.
Then spoke a bit about it and moved along.
Somalia is a lawless wilderness outside of the main city from all accounts.
Al Shbab continue their insurgency to bring about their apocalypse.
Many people die in such a mess, and frankly as it is far away and we have no vested interest in the wasteland, they don't report it as anything but a footnote.
Issue is, we should be doing more, and care more, because if they win, and prevail, they will progress outwards in greater numbers than they already do, that should be of concern.
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Intervention in 3rd world country without an explicit government request is just as dangerous.
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Yes. Quite.
Then we provide 'aid', monetary aid, spent paying our mercs and killteams to do little bits of good here and there, while the US **** around with drone strikes without caring what collateral future aggression they cause.
The far right media don't care because not enough white people died.
It's completely obvious why those 2 incidents are different. One is in a highly developed 1st world country with extensive media coverage that also speaks English (the same language we do) and is also one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, and the other is a 3rd world country that has huge problems with active terrorist groups, crime, violence and murder. The government infact advise against all travel to Somalia for numerous reasons https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/somalia
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It's Somalia.
Who gives a ****?
Who gives a ****?
Dis86 meet who cares, who cares meet Dis86...
Somalia is a third world nation, which has been in a state of civil war since 2009. We expect such acts during wartime; they are less shocking precisely because they occur at a time when wholescale violence and slaughter has become part of daily life.
We are more shocked at a senseless murder during a time of peace, in a first world nation, with no discernable rationale.
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Somalia is plagued by violence constantly. But nobody really expects a random dude to open fire on a music festival in Vegas.
One in a relatively peaceful civilized country, another in a poor war torn county still run by warlords.
I wouldn't call America war torn.
Lets be fair though, I'm sure people in Somalia think exactly the same about events here, or America.
If we did, we would be labeled the bad guys and any following attacks would be blamed on our meddling.
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No the US with their drones strikes would be.
If a load of random guys turn up shot in the head in one place, then another group elsewhere, they blame it on infighting, and infight more.
This wouldn't be any sort of sanctioned campaign.
We wouldn't announce such mess, you just do it, as it is a lawless wasteland anyway, no one really cares.
Lol.
A bit like how "Man shot during street robbery in Milford, Surrey" would attract rather more media attention than "Man shot during street robbery in Brixton, London"
Lol.
A bit like how "Man shot during street robbery in Milford, Surrey" would attract rather more media attention than "Man shot during street robbery in Brixton, London"
Yeah. The media always focuses more when they speak the same language as us.