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h Kony (born 18 September 1964[4] in Odek, Uganda[1]) is a Ugandan guerrilla group leader, head of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a group engaged in a violent campaign to establish theocratic government based on the Ten Commandments throughout Uganda.[1] The LRA say that God has sent spirits to communicate this mission directly to Kony.[5]
Directed by Kony, the LRA has earned a reputation for its actions against the people of several countries, including northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Sudan. It has abducted and forced an estimated 66,000 children to fight for them, and has also forced the internal displacement of over 2,000,000 people since its rebellion began in 1986.[6] As a result, in 2005 Kony was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court at the Hague, but has succeeded in evading capture since.[7]
My young teenage son showed me the video yesterday in the very early stages of it starting to make the rounds. It deeply affected him.
That situation is a fucking horror show.
Too bad we don't wish to play world policeman anymore. There are some victims out there who could really use some help.
Where to find the LRA is the question/My young teenage son showed me the video yesterday in the very early stages of it starting to make the rounds. It deeply affected him.
That situation is a fucking horror show.
Too bad we don't wish to play world policeman anymore. There are some victims out there who could really use some help.
Oh hell..if we went in with guns blazing and killed the guy...THEN the UN would have showed up screaming about American militarism.
This just shows you how the UN is worthless, corrupt and couldn't care less about anything where they won't gain politically or monetarily.
The Soft Bigotry of Kony 2012
The viral video campaign reinforces a dangerous, centuries-old idea that Africans are helpless and that idealistic Westerners must save them.
The backlash against Kony 2012, a super-popular social media campaign to raise awareness about deranged warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army, has mostly focused on two things. First, the group behind it, Invisible Children, has a poor track record and shady finances; and, second, the campaign's uninformed and almost infantilizing over-simplifications are probably going to do very little beyond raise lots of money and publicity for Invisible Children. But campaigns like this one, and this one especially, can end up doing more harm than good.
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But the damage of Kony 2012 is probably already done, and that damage is real. First, it's likely to actually decrease the amount of help that goes into Central Africa. The video is a joy to watch and spread because it tells Americans that by simply watching a video, and at most maybe buying a $30 "action kit" of wristbands and stickers, they have done all that's necessary; they are absolved of responsibility. How much money has Invisible Children soaked up that could have gone to actually effective campaigns or more experienced NGOs? How many people might have put their energy, which after all is finite, toward something more constructive? As Amanda Taub and Kate Cronin-Furman write, "Campaigns that focus on bracelets and social media absorb resources that could go toward more effective advocacy, and take up rhetorical space that could be used to develop more effective advocacy."
Where is he & his "army"?I just saw it this morning. Oh my god..
People waking up to the situation over there all because of one man, bring that murderer to justice!
But the Invisible Children campaign may represent the next step in online activism. Previous efforts have been one-sided, with users joining forces against a common foe.I just saw it this morning. Oh my god..
People waking up to the situation over there all because of one man, bring that murderer to justice!
He has been in the news enough to catch the president's eye, but not much else. I'd like to see opinions on what the US should do, if anything. UGANDA says he not a problem any longer but the US did start a war over human rights abuses. Or at least that was one of the stated reasons. The UN called for Kony's arrest almost two years ago. We know so little about him that reaction is muted, to say the least.I just watched part of the video of him on the news this morning....so terrible!!! I'm visiting my son at Ft Bragg right now, and he said we need to send in a team of SF. That's what has to happen, they'll find him. How could this go on for so many years and just now we're all hearing about it? Forget the UN...they're WORTHLESS. They only care about helping our enemies in places like Libya. I'll bet too that this Kony isn't the only one doing something like this either.....
I just watched part of the video of him on the news this morning....so terrible!!! I'm visiting my son at Ft Bragg right now, and he said we need to send in a team of SF. That's what has to happen, they'll find him. How could this go on for so many years and just now we're all hearing about it? Forget the UN...they're WORTHLESS. They only care about helping our enemies in places like Libya. I'll bet too that this Kony isn't the only one doing something like this either.....
******************************************I just watched part of the video of him on the news this morning....so terrible!!! I'm visiting my son at Ft Bragg right now, and he said we need to send in a team of SF. That's what has to happen, they'll find him. How could this go on for so many years and just now we're all hearing about it? Forget the UN...they're WORTHLESS. They only care about helping our enemies in places like Libya. I'll bet too that this Kony isn't the only one doing something like this either.....
Special forces seems right to me. I'm not sure how safe they would be there.
