There is a fatalistic hubris shared by a lot of "missionaries" that they are somehow immune from the primitive dramas they inject themselves into. That somehow their good intentions will protect them.
I see this folly as no different than going to a zoo and crawling into the lion cage, hoping they've been fed recently.
I realize my report is at complete odds with the media story. There seems a strong drive to legitimize what they were doing. I think it is more important to report the facts and let everyone realize how grim life and death is in Afghanistan.
Few of the locals will give a whit that these doctors can no longer treat their own countrymen. It is strictly a them or us attitude with Afghans.
also shared by garden-variety bleeding-heart liberal Christians. Actually, this is how you remain to be an acceptable Christian in Europe. You have to highlight bleeding-heart potential of Christianity.
Not just bandits - Taliban Muslim bandits.
The other clarification you need is your statement that missionaries are fatalists and act with hubris. That is your own BIAS being projected onto the victims’ motivations.
Thank you for pinging me.