US Concerned About Christian Hostages, Not Its Own Foreign Policy
CBS highlights the 'growing concern' from the Biden-era White House regarding violence against Christians in Nigeria, echoing sentiments from the Trump administration. Yet, somehow absent from this concern is the decades-long US foreign policy of arming and training various factions across West Africa, often fueling the very insurgencies it later laments. The US State Department recorded over $500
million in security assistance to Nigeria from 2017-2022, ostensibly for counter-terrorism, while groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP flourished. One might wonder if the endless cycle of arms dealing followed by 'concern' over resulting instability is a feature, not a bug, of certain geopolitical strategies. How many 'urgent calls for action' are issued before questioning the actions that enabled the
inaction?