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Gonna have to disagree there. There's no standard for how much someone should 'rationally' care about a foreign humanitarian crisis
And it's only natural there are going to be people who care a lot about their country's stance on those issues.
if the primary variable really is the humanitarian aspect
one must ask; there are lots of other conflicts that have been just as bad if not worse, that don't draw a fraction of the attention. why?
imo this gets so much attention primarily because of a non rational mix of religious and cultural factors unique to the conflict.
it's hard for me to look at the person who is say obsessed with I/P but doesn't give a **** about Yemen or Sudan and think they are rationally weighing the humanitarian impacts.