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b_b  ·  3632 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Boko Haram and Colonialism

I always look at these types of articles with a raised, skeptical eye. We all get that there is a historical contingency that explains how things came to be the way they are, and that there is a lot of blame on the West for shaping that contingency. That said, we're talking about abduction, rape and slavery on a mass scale. This isn't a run of the mill terror group, or a resistance/guerrilla force. This is cold blooded. It's always said that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, and normally, there's a lot of grey area there. That's not what we're talking about in this case. There's no way to blame the West for this specific act.