US President Discovers Religious Freedom – For Christians Only
President Trump's warning of more airstrikes in Nigeria if Christians 'continue to be killed' (BBC World) raises immediate questions about the US's sudden, laser-focused concern for religious communities. It appears suffering is only strategically significant when it involves a specific demographic. One might wonder where this selective moral outrage was when, say, Yemeni civilians were being
bombed with US-supplied weapons, or when Palestinian religious sites face daily desecration. Is it that suffering is only tragic when it aligns with a certain political narrative back home, perhaps with an eye on the evangelical vote? This isn't about genuine concern for human rights, it's about political calculus dressed up as moral clarity. We've seen this playbook before: strong condemnations
and threats of force for 'our' chosen victims, while geopolitical allies commit atrocities with near impunity. The global chessboard is complicated, but the outrage-o-meter always seems to tilt toward the politically convenient. How many other communities face persecution without a direct presidential threat of military intervention?