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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Western countries have little to no cultural connection with that part of the world. When something happens in "our neck of the woods" it just feels a lot closer to home. Tribalism, basically. Not a good thing, but at least it makes us care about some parts of the world other than our own little slice of it.
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Plus, we don't react as much to tragedies that are partly caused by our own countries. When NATO bombed Libya, people barely lifted an eye here in Norway. The politicians talked about it as if it was a humanitarian intervention - except for one leftist party that has later made some effort to apologize for voting for the bombing in parliament. The media didn't say much either. People don't want to read stuff that makes them feel guilty.