Perhaps Kenya isn't just tribal? Terrorists?

Andrew Sullivan does a terrific job unearthing some viable counter info to the current mantra, namely that this is just tribal. I've been in Kenya and the tribes are a big deal, but the country is so mature that i'm frankly surprised.

I've been in the slums, and man would it be easy for terror to be manufactured. Who would gain? Moslems that's who. The coast is already Moslem, and this "christian" nation is on the verge of sliding into Mid East style terror.

clipped from andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com What else do quotes like these bring to mind? "They started cutting the church door with a panga [machete]. They were from around here, and even knew some of our names. We kneeled down and surrendered. It was quiet, as we were all praying. We knew this was the end," - href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/kenya/story/0,,2234305,00.html">Grace Githuthwa, a Kenyan in the Eldoret church. The best coverage is on the blogs. href="http://www.kenyaunlimited.com/aggregator/">Kenya Unlimited and href="http://www.mashada.com/blogs/">Mashada. Some href="http://kumekucha.blogspot.com/2008/01/kenya-killings-what-you-can-do-to-help.html">dispute that this is a simple tribal meltdown: Most of the world press is reporting that the war in Kenya is between President Kibaki’s Kikuyu tribe and Raila Odinga’s Luo tribe. That is what the world believes. This is exactly what the man men currently sitting comfortably inside State house would like the world to believe. Some blog reports are href="http://www.kenyanpundit.com/?p=401">terrifying: Then href="http://gukira.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/new-from-home/">this: 30 hours after I send a frantic SOS: "Are you ok?" Finally, a phone call. The line is unclear, my family sound as though they are underwater. Suddenly, the idea of being “drowned” in violence sounds more than metaphorical.