My opportunity to vent in public on this. The only way to "stop" this is to put someones ass out there on the line (Just like in Iraq & Afghanistan); I'm really tired of the liberal whines about how we should "do something."
The locals are just practicing their traditional culture. Only a well equipped (and funded) First world military presence could stop the tragedy. Er, all the Anglo-Saxon armed forces are kind of busy right now, and I don't even see the French or Germans stepping up to the plate in Afghanistan.
Besides, real "peacekeepers" would just provide them with foreign targets- another traditional activity, whinging about how it is all the colonial oppressors fault (See Zimbabwe). So encouraging the underemployed young men to attack them (The Alleged Colonial Oppressors), rather than engaging them in constructive activities.
As for "Local Traditions" (Customs?); One of the inspirations to found this blog was the death of Charlton Heston. The 1966 Movie, Khartoum, even got a passing mention in a couple of the obituaries. Go rent it, The Sudan has been a problem for "Western" culture since we first linked it to the wider world in the 19th Century.
You can't "negotiate" with them.
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