Trump Finds Christian Persecution Urgent, But Only in Specific Time Zones
NPR reports that President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to draft plans for potential military intervention in Nigeria, citing the persecution of Christians. This concern for persecuted religious minorities is, of course, entirely new and surprisingly geographically limited. One might recall similar urgent calls for intervention in, say, Palestine, where Christian communities face daily
displacement and violence under an Israeli occupation funded generously by U.S. taxpayers. Funny how the cries of Christians in Bethlehem don't quite reach the Oval Office with the same urgency. This isn't about saving Christians; it's about geopolitical chess with convenient moral window dressing. The U.S. has a long history of discovering humanitarian crises when they align with strategic
interests, particularly in resource-rich regions, while glossing over far worse atrocities when the perpetrators are allies—or, worse, pay good money to lobbying groups in Washington. The narrative shifts faster than a stockbroker's ticker tape in a war economy. How many 'urgent humanitarian interventions' have we witnessed that conveniently coincide with oil reserves, or securing a strategic
foothold, rather than true human rights defense?