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Frankly, I find the different reactions to Beirut and Paris sickening. The U.S. (media and residents) cares more about people that are 'more like them'. Too many paint the middle east with a single brush and consider it a disaster not to get upset over unless the issue involves Israel.

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I think that's too simple a view.

Paris of recent decades has not experienced frequent terror attacks. It's not expected to happen there. It is not a war zone. There aren't belligerent factions attacking each other. It does not have the sectarian violent history of Beirut.

When ETA was bombing around Spain and it became commonplace, it also received little attention after a while. That's just how it goes.

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