I guess we have to have a Kony 2012 thread...

[Oberon]

Dammit, thought we'd get away with it...ah well, I have an image ready for the occasion:

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Dammit, thought we'd get away with it...ah well

Sorry we talked about it in class today so I had to bring it up.

I bought that up sort of in our discussion. I pointed out that basically the whole video is encouraging anti-war leftist hippies to ask their members of congress to sent US troops in to a war. I wondered how many would support it if instead of donating a couple dollars and putting up a poster it asked them to put on a uniform and go in to the jungle and kill this SOB.

One girl objected saying they are not "troops" but "advisers". I corrected her that "advisers" means the Army Green Berets and the professor educated her about the experiences of US advisers in another jungle not so long ago.

I mentioned these anti-war leftist hippies don't have any idea what it means to actually go out and "bring justice" to someone like this. They are not going to slap some cuffs on him and read Miranda. Folks like the "Dark Forces" of the CIA are going to have to go out and do some nasty things to track him down then the Ugandan army backed up by our guys are going to fight their way through those 30,000 child soldiers and "terminate with extreme prejudice".

I also wondered how the Afghan war would be "sold" if portrayed like this. Considering just some of the nastiness that Taliban have done, and the focus on the unjust nature of our side portrayed by some who support this 2012 movement.

[Torplexed]

Military intervention may or may not be the right idea, but people supporting KONY 2012 probably don't realize they're likely supporting the Ugandan military who are themselves raping and looting away. Kony himself hasn't been active in Uganda proper for years.

Plus, the whole thing smacks of the "White Man's Burden" to save Africa from itself. Which means it'll come off as patronizing behavior from the former colonial overlords there.

Sorry we talked about it in class today so I had to bring it up.

Must be a big thing, we talked about it at dinner yesterday as one of the daughters had talked about it in class during the day.

I also wondered how the Afghan war would be "sold" if portrayed like this.

It was sold in pretty much the same manner via a different medium, the problems came when some skimping was done on the operation, some dodgy allies became public knowledge and some very stupid and/or illegal actions occured.
One small feature of note, they do specify that they in no way are supporting the local government or endorsing its abysmal human rights record or its military practices....though how that works in practice is another matter.

[Tchocky]

Tchocky, is that set in tora bora?

[Geno_Mariner]

There's been some critics about this whole 'Invisible Children' charity thing about where they actually use their fundraiser money and such. Dunno what to believe. But I'm wondering why this whole Kony thing's come up now? If he's been around for years, why are they making this a big deal -now-?

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Dammit, thought we'd get away with it...ah well, I have an image ready for the occasion:

Im borrowing this