That does not seem to be the author's main complaint. Speaking for myself, the terms are just too broad. Kenya is not the same place as Afghanistan, they have

That does not seem to be the author's main complaint. Speaking for myself, the terms are just too broad. Kenya is not the same place as Afghanistan, they have so little in common that having one term to bucket them feels more like the intent is just to represent "places we couldn't give two fucks about".