Make Uganda war criminal Joseph Kony famous 2012

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http://vimeo.com/37119711

The video is well worth the watch.

Arrest Joseph Kony 2012.

The LRA leader 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.


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[JohnRich 4]

Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

[StreetScooby 5]

My 13 year old daughter just sent me this link. Pretty staggering what this guy is doing. Definitely needs to stop.

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Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does.

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Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does.

I think you're right about that.

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The video is well worth the watch! And it raises awareness to a long-standing issue... and it's awesome that they have a petition/pledge form, but they also ask for donations. Before donating to Invisible Children, you might want to look into some of their practices, and then make an informed decision to donate funds.

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Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

Yeah, Limbaugh was attacking Obama for sending the troops there, back when they went (October?), even though he admitted he had never heard of the Lord's Resistance Army. "They're Christans fighting Muslims, aren't they? Why are we not on their side?"

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SINCE 1986...? Here's BHOs chance @ that peace pipe! Either go all the way and glass it over, or don't go at all, but pull whoever we have over there out first of course. Hell Tim McV was executed (supposedly), in less than two years after conviction! And don't give up this crap that the repukes didn't do anything cause there isn't any oil over there cuz Klinton had TWO terms but his sorry nads were in the gutter along with playing emotions on both sides with the 2A. SINCE 1986, well this means that Obama has known about this for at least 3years. This story is such a scam for the bleeding hearts it's ridiculous. Somewhat gearing this towards our children so they can get all sad and pass it on to us their parent. pffft... The current adult train of thought of the left and possibly the right falling for this is so pathetic! SINCE 1986, lmFao

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Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does.

Sorry - we knew exactly who Saddam Hussein was and what he did. Yet there was a large mass of people who thought that war in Iraq was a bad thing and still do. Trust me - if Uganda had oil, any attempt by some Republican to go take him out would be harshly criticized.

America - FUCK YEAH!

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Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does.

Sorry - we knew exactly who Saddam Hussein was and what he did. Yet there was a large mass of people who thought that war in Iraq was a bad thing and still do. Trust me - if Uganda had oil, any attempt by some Republican to go take him out would be harshly criticized.

America - FUCK YEAH!

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Sorry - we knew exactly who Saddam Hussein was and what he did. Yet there was a large mass of people who thought that war in Iraq was a bad thing and still do. Trust me - if Uganda had oil, any attempt by some Republican to go take him out would be harshly criticized.

You're massively oversimplifying too many issues into a simple good/bad decision. To name but four: believing Saddam's regime is bad enough to justify full scale invasion and occupation; agreeing with the stated justification for invasion and occupation; agreeing that it came next on the list of priorities; agreeing that it was a good idea to open a second front when stability in Afghanistan was potentially within our grasp.

(For the record, I did believe that the invasion of Afghan was justified and the right thing to do, I did not believe the stated justification for invasion of Iraq was true (the original version, not the redux) and I thought it was nothing short of retarded to divert immense resources away from the Afghan occupation while simultaneously destabilising the region and creating a huge recruitment opportunity for anti-western guerillas. In hindsight, I think I was pretty fucking spot on!)

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Sorry - we knew exactly who Saddam Hussein was and what he did. Yet there was a large mass of people who thought that war in Iraq was a bad thing and still do. Trust me - if Uganda had oil, any attempt by some Republican to go take him out would be harshly criticized.

You're massively oversimplifying too many issues into a simple good/bad decision. To name but four: believing Saddam's regime is bad enough to justify full scale invasion and occupation; agreeing with the stated justification for invasion and occupation; agreeing that it came next on the list of priorities; agreeing that it was a good idea to open a second front when stability in Afghanistan was potentially within our grasp.

(For the record, I did believe that the invasion of Afghan was justified and the right thing to do, I did not believe the stated justification for invasion of Iraq was true (the original version, not the redux) and I thought it was nothing short of retarded to divert immense resources away from the Afghan occupation while simultaneously destabilising the region and creating a huge recruitment opportunity for anti-western guerillas. In hindsight, I think I was pretty fucking spot on!)

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There are some interesting threads from 2003 that show just where some of the dz.com regulars were on these issues, and who was taken in by the Blair-Bush lies.

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Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does.

Sorry - we knew exactly who Saddam Hussein was and what he did. Yet there was a large mass of people who thought that war in Iraq was a bad thing and still do. Trust me - if Uganda had oil, any attempt by some Republican to go take him out would be harshly criticized.

America - FUCK YEAH!

But they do have oil.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/world/africa/uganda-welcomes-oil-but-fears-graft-it-attracts.html

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Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does.

"Does", that implies he is still doing this right?
Even the US Sate Dept. says he fled the country an is in hiding. Is he doing this in his new hiding place? Or is this outrage two years too late?

Matt

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Yet most people in this forum don't think that's a problem worth sending 100 U.S. troops as advisors to solve.

Other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4277540#4277540

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does.

"Does", that implies he is still doing this right?
Even the US Sate Dept. says he fled the country an is in hiding. Is he doing this in his new hiding place? Or is this outrage two years too late?

Matt

Of course. I've been following stories about Kony here and there since about 2005.

He left and came back to Uganda quite a few times and his operations are left relatively intact from a management/leadership perspective. Estimates of his "army" varies quite wildly. India's military said back in 2009 that they had "many capable thousands militants" in their intelligence reports.

Kony, however, is a relatively small problem. What the campaign has done quite well is to spread knowledge. How many people here knows that Sudan is fairly close to a civil war (and this has been going on for quite a while too!). The Government wants to take over South Sudan for its oil rich territories. Kony can be something like Tunisia 2011.


It is quite a fascinating story.. much more than 30 minutes plus/minus rebutal websites.

Cheers!
Shc