Career Opportunities, Martyrdom Division

It may be that, from our perspective, the Great War on Terror is ending. It's not ending well, that is. First, we go to Nairobi:

Kenya's Red Cross said the death toll rose to 68 after nine bodies were recovered Sunday. More than 175 people were injured, including many children, Kenyan officials said.

Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack that specifically targeted non-Muslims, saying it was in retribution for Kenyan forces' 2011 push into neighboring Somalia.

Meanwhile, in Pakistan, we have this scene:

Choir members and children attending Sunday school were among 81 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Protestant church in northwest Pakistan.

It was one of the deadliest attacks ever on the Christian community in Pakistan.

The attack took place at the All Saints Church of Pakistan, in the violence-plagued city of Peshawar, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the country's capital, Islamabad.

A congregation of about 500 people was attending the church. Two attackers struck right as services concluded.

"Suicide bombers entered the church compound from the main gate and blew themselves up in the midst of the people," a statement posted on the diocese website read.

We aren't going to do anything about either incident, of course. We'll deplore and denounce, because we're tired of war, and rightly so. We've spent a decade, and perhaps a trillion dollars, underscoring the point that we aren't going to be able to change many hearts and minds in the world. That may be something we have to accept. It's going to be difficult, though. Fatalism is fatal. And it won't end well.