It's annoying how many people post this video and say its such a tragedy and not realize that this has been happening for years.

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From what I've read.


Invisible Children only uses 31% of donations to actual charity.
US has already sent in troops to hunt & pursue Kony (Which kinda renders any more aid to be useless)
KONY's already on the run
Uganda and the LRA have been in peace for a while now...



Read the arguments about Invisible Children, compelling.

Quote:Joseph Kony is undoubtedly a cruel man, but lets look at some fun facts around the issue and the organization Invisible Children:

The issue:
-The LRA is only 250 soldiers strong at this point.
-The LRA hasn't been in Uganda since 2006.
-Ugandan army and Sudan People’s Liberation Army are riddled with accusations of rape and looting.
-US Africa Command has been trying to stop Kony for years, which only results in failure and retaliation from Kony.
-To get to Kony you'd have to ultimately kill some of his army...which consists of children soldiers.....

Invisible Children:
-Only 32% of money raised went to direct services (if you support the issue you may want to choose a more worthwhile charity).
-Their accountability and transparency is a 2 out of 4 stars on charity navigator.
-The group is in favor of direct military intervention, and their money supports the Ugandan government’s army and various other military forces.
- Foreign Affairs has claimed that Invisible Children (among others) “manipulates facts for strategic purposes, exaggerating the scale of LRA abductions and murders and emphasizing the LRA’s use of innocent children as soldiers, and portraying Kony — a brutal man, to be sure — as uniquely awful, a Kurtz-like embodiment of evil.”


Military intervention may or may not be the right idea, but people supporting KONY 2012 probably don’t realize they’re supporting the Ugandan military who are themselves raping and looting away. Educate yourselves a little bit before supporting a particular nonprofit.

Some good reads:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blo ... _blog.html

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ ... ?page=show

http://www.wrongingrights.com/2009/03/w ... ever.html/

http://chrisblattman.com/2009/03/04/visible-children/

http://allafrica.com/stories/201203080526.html

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2 ... ony/49634/

Not saying Kony isn't a horrible person. Just thought people might want the entire picture before they support an organization.