Genocide? In Nigeria? Don't be absurd! Only *our* genocides count.
Bless their hearts, some Western pundits just *love* throwing around the 'G-word' when it suits their quaint narratives. 'Christian genocide in Nigeria!' they wail, visions of crusader-chic interventions dancing in their heads. But hold your horses, folks! Al Jazeera, ever the voice of nuanced reason for Western consumption, informs us that Nigeria’s crises are merely 'complex.' You see, it’s not
a genocide if we can't blame Islam wholesale, or if it doesn't offer a convenient pretext to bomb some oil-rich nation into 'freedom.' The sheer audacity of these Nigerian Christians to suffer without proper geopolitical accreditation, without providing a clear, concise villain that justifies our 'humanitarian' bombs! Herder-farmer clashes, Boko Haram – oh, the inconvenience of localized, messy
realities that don't fit neatly into a 'clash of civilizations' sermon. We much prefer our massacres simplified, sterilized, and neatly packaged for primetime moral outrage, especially if they can ultimately benefit Lockheed Martin or justify supporting apartheid states. Let’s be crystal clear: true genocide , the kind that demands global condemnation and sanctions, the kind that sends tanks
rolling, is reserved for situations carefully curated by the imperial palate. It’s when inconvenient populations are eliminated by those we deem enemies, or when it’s an 'ally' doing the eliminating, but only in self-defense, of course. For everyone else – particularly if they're brown, black, or inconveniently located – it’s just 'complex inter-communal violence' or a 'disputed territorial