It would be better to stop making those kinds of comparisons. Some people are smart enough or wealthy enough to contribute meaningfully in various ways to places abroad that are dangerous. Some people are smart enough and kind enough or have the talents that help people in less dangerous, but equally harrowing places - like with our veterans or homeless shelters or rape crisis centers and the like.
Those people shouldn't be denigrated just because someone went to Sudan instead and vice-versa.
Those people shouldn't be denigrated just because someone went to Sudan instead and vice-versa.