Nairobi, Kenya (city)
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Events with rich location context
Nairobi is cited as a further instance that argues against simple escalation; its name functions rhetorically to complicate the moral arithmetic of revenge.
Grim and evocative.
Another historical counterexample shaping Leo's argument for restraint.
Acts as a tally mark in the ledger of interventions gone wrong.
Nairobi appears in Bartlet's litany of past failures—its invocation compresses prior civilian loss into an argument that revenge is not a neat, lasting deterrent.
Hauntingly referential—adds weight to Bartlet's grief and to Leo's restraint argument.
Part of the moral tally used to critique escalation.
Represents the civilian toll and the messy aftermath of kinetic responses.
Nairobi is verbally referenced alongside Beirut and Somalia to compound Bartlet's point about repeated bloody outcomes; its mention cools the urge for instant, totalizing retribution.
A memory-laden invocation that dampens rhetorical heat.
Evidence in the moral argument against indiscriminate force.
Marks the recurring, unresolved costs of American military action.
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