Nigeria, Nov. 16 -- Mr James Barnett, a PhD candidate at Oxford University, wrote the following in an essay titled "Nigeria's Crisis Runs Deeper Than Just A War On Christians" for the Washington Post a few days ago.

He wrote, inter alia, that, "Christians absolutely are being threatened and killed in parts of Nigeria. I can personally attest to it. But to frame Nigeria's crisis entirely in that way badly distorts the complicated and tragic reality on the ground. Shaping U.S. policy around such distortions, especially when U.S. troops may be put in harm's way, will not yield good outcomes. For several years, I lived and worked in Nigeria, studying its conflicts and interviewing different militant groups. I would never advise anyone to dow...