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Look at the mess in Kenya right now. There's as much brutality and abject suffering there as you will find in Iraq but no one gives a damn.
Why?
They ain't got no oil.
Not to dismiss that point, because I agree there's certainly a self-serving aspect as it relates to our demand for oil, but Kenya also doesn't pose a militaristic threat to the world -- real or perceived.
And FWIW, tangential, I wish developed nations would take a more active role in intervening in cases of genocide as is happening in Darfur.