The atrocities of Joseph Kony are going viral

[pcosmar]

Funny how a government sactioned killing is OK, a subject you are close to pcosmar? I dont mean to slight you but i do know your history. I am simply making a point about government.

The question was "would Ron Paul intervene?"
if it is not a threat to the US, then NO.

But for an individual to follow his conscience, Whether justice or retribution, is up to that individual.

Throwing a little money at it will have little effect on Kony, though it may help some victims.

And though the US would probably not issue Letters of Marque,, some others might.

I have another concern,, and that is with the Global War On Terrorism. This will give reason to focus on Christians as Terrorist.
(i have long said that the Muslim bashing would come back to bite Christians in the butt) This is an excuse.
Better that he be removed from the page.

 

[Yoddle]

I'd support the cause if they weren't advocating the government give guns to our kids and send them off to fight... seems very hypocritical if you ask me.

 

[pcosmar]

Is there anyone wanting to fund an African hunting adventure?

 

[Czolgosz]

So let me get this straight.


Dude in Africa abducts children. Murders, rapes, mames, and militarizes a bunch of kids. The Ugandan Army can't stop him? lolwut

What these activists want is for the U.S. government to deploy troops (err, "advisors") to this place to teach the Ugandan Army how to find a guy in their homeland? lolwut again

What does it take to get a bunch of Humans to *fight* for their freedom?

 

[squarepusher]

This video didn't make much sense to me

 

[Andrew Ryan]

ugh...

 

[ZENemy]

Riiiiiiiiiiight...

Phys Op

 

[giovannile07]

KONY 2012 (Video)



Everyone I know keeps posting this on Facebook, I'm watching it right now. What do you guys think?

 

[Yowan]

We do have a possible constitutional option to solve this issue. It's called "Letter of Marque and Reprisal "
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution
[Congress shall have Power...] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water.

A "letter of marque and reprisal" would involve permission to cross an international border to effect a reprisal (take some action against an attack or injury) authorized by an issuing jurisdiction to conduct reprisal operations outside its borders.

The U.S. has used this before to capture pirates and Ron Paul suggested this for Bin Laden after September 11th and again in July of 2007.
He also suggested it for use on pirates in 2009.
However, the bills he introduced were not enacted into law and we decided to go to "war".

A War is not needed, but we can resolve this issue and help.

 

[squarepusher]

KONA thing seems like a bunch of propaganda

The creators main point is that "KONA" steals children and indoctrinates them, however he himself uses his own son in the video and teaches his son "KONA" is evil, thereby indoctrinating his own son with a political agenda. Seems contradictory.

 

[MooCowzRock]

KONA thing seems like a bunch of propaganda

The creators main point is that "KONA" steals children and indoctrinates them, however he himself uses his own son in the video and teaches his son "KONA" is evil, thereby indoctrinating his own son with a political agenda. Seems contradictory.

Teaching your kid that a guy that kidnaps children, forces them to murder their parents and other innocent people, brainwashing them to be killers and raping the girls, is a bad person isn't some evil form of indoctrination, it's moral.

 

[3kgt]

For christ's sake I hate this shit.
These fads that make everyone pretend they care
I'm going to start deleting people that post it.
Morons.
It's time for bed ffs.

 

[BuddyRey]

I'm all for stopping the guy, but NOT by asking the U.S. government to do it. They'll just use it as an opportunity to nation-build in Uganda and occupy it until it saps all their resources.

What these idealistic hipsters should have done is started a chip-in to raise money to fund and equip Ugandan counter-LRA forces to take out this Kony guy with no fuss, no muss, and no literal "act of Congress."

 

[Cutlerzzz]

Was I the only one bored out of my mind when he started babling about his kid in the beginning?

 

[bluesc]

Probably war propaganda to get young liberals on board, especially judging by the way it is being spread.

 

[Cutlerzzz]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Resistance_Army

The estimated strength is 500-9000

This seems like a non issue to me only because so many similiar situations exist in the world. Is it bad? yes. Do i have a responsibility to act? no. Unfortunately so many people will have thier emotions manipulated to focus on a situation so far away from home.

Instead of focusing on the crisis in america, the police state, the economy, the welfare state on the brink of bankruptcy here is just another smokescreen.

If everyone who liked it on youtube sent like 10 dollars to an anti LRA organization, they could probably just buy Uganda. Problem solved.

 

[Demigod]

Are the people in the region Kony operates deprived of sense,reason and intelligence to stop him them self's? Do they not have a government and an army?

An old Ak-47 can go as low as 10-50$.Why are they not arming them self's if the government is not helping them.

If someone wants to help them he can start collecting man,money and weapons and then go there to arm the Ugandans and fight with them against Kony.But because 99% of the people chanting in the video would not even set foot in Uganda let alone take weapons and fight for them in some god-forsaken wilderness this movement has no point .

What they want to do is send the "international community" which would be a complete disaster.No politician would risk dead soldiers on TV for Uganda so it would probably be just aircraft and logistical support.Everyone can witness how successful that was in Pakistan.A few "collateral damage " bombing runs and they may even give the mad-man Kony legitimacy before the people which would turn it in a real war.


I was also reading now about his "army" which supposedly has at any time from 500-9000 soldiers.IF the Uganda army can not defeat a 9000 group of man operating on its territory then Uganda is not a country.

 

[slamhead]

So let me get this right. This madman kidnaps children and press gangs them into his rebel Army. Now this movement wants our government to send troops into this quagmire where they will most likely be put into the position of killing these same children forced to fight for Kony? I can see the headlines now. US soldiers slaughter African children.

My suggestion would be for this group to take their money and energy and hire Blackwater to fight their noble cause. Better yet, let South Africa deal with this as it is on their continent.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

Hire super badass Chris Kyle, he could probably snipe Kony from somewhere in Kansas.

No, but really, Invisible Children Inc should take all donations and hire Chris Kyle and other mercenaries to take him out. At least Kyle would be doing something useful in the world, rather than murdering women and children in Iraq and training cops to do the same to all of us.

 

[Hospitaller]

I'm all for stopping the guy, but NOT by asking the U.S. government to do it. They'll just use it as an opportunity to nation-build in Uganda and occupy it until it saps all their resources.

What these idealistic hipsters should have done is started a chip-in to raise money to fund and equip Ugandan counter-LRA forces to take out this Kony guy with no fuss, no muss, and no literal "act of Congress."

What do these counter-LRA forces do once kony is defeated? my guess, they replace the old tyranny with a new. You need to attack the root of the problem not the face of it.