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The divide between Us and Them yawns wider, even as situations show that the world is more complicated than cowboys and Indians. In the aftermath of the attacks in Kenya, there are many analyses of the Israeli response and their recovery from the shock. I wonder, though, why we can't have equal coverage of the Kenyan response and recovery? Kenyans made up most of the victims, and they have no well-armed commandos to ensure their safety.

Several articles also note the hapless investigation by Kenyan law enforcement. I take this to mean that the U.S. never did help them improve their security measures after the embassy attack a few years ago. I don't mean to imply that the U.S. should police the world, but there are other things we could have been doing, such as promoting democracy, opening up the society with independent and free presses, and encouraging economic development. Sadly we have done none of those things, and even more sadly, we don't seem to care about the deaths of Them.