Ethnic and religious groups fight each other for many reasons, rarely good ones, but the most enduring problem is the perception of suffering. Few things mobilize groups, particularly minorities, more than narratives of historical woe and ongoing suffering.

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Western reporters long ago lost their "white flag" of neutrality, and it's not coming back. My own concern, however, is as much for local reporters in crisis countries, whose fates rarely get written up.

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