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KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

You should watch this video.

It’s a pretty amazing feat that Invisible Children is trying to accomplish, and the video is very inspiring. They are going to do a lot of good things with their KONY 2012 movement.

But, it’s got a few inaccuracies.

I sincerely hope that after watching this video that people will continue to read about the issue with the LRA and Joseph Kony, but I don’t think they will.  I’m glad this video is bringing the issues to light, but there is so much more that people need to understand about the Lords Resistance Army that isn’t covered, or covered inaccurately, in this video.

1)  The video mentions something about how Kony and the LRA aren’t fighting for anything. Wrong. This is basically a Hitler-esque genocide all over again. The LRA  are fighting to institute a government based on the Christian Ten Commandments. Essentially they are trying to eradicate anyone who isn’t a Christian, specifically targeting Muslims in Central Africa. While they do abduct children for soldiers and sex slaves, its not the only thing they do. They’ve killed thousands and thousands of African Muslims, which is essentially their main goal.  The sensationalist story of the children being abducted is an extremely sad story and will help bring people in to help, but its not the MAIN issue (which I hate to say, but its true).

2) The video states that the Ugandan army needs to be funded so that they can stop Kony. This isn’t true. The odds are VERY slim that Joseph Kony is still located in Uganda.  The LRA has spread their war into the Sudan, Congo, DR Congo, and other parts of central Africa. The Ugandan army can’t arrest someone who isn’t in Uganda, they don’t have that sort of power like Americans do. They won’t be able to find someone who isn’t in their own country.

3) The way the video words Obama’s statement makes it seem like the American army is in Uganda trying to stop Kony. Also, not true. In Obama’s letter he says “Although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense.” They will not engage the LRA. Truthfully, I personally believe the only way to capture him is to have a full American taskforce track him down and arrest him, but the odds of that, unfortunately, are very slim.  However, this video and movement may provide a great influence on swaying the American governments opinion from a non-confrontational stance.

4) IC says that eliminating Joseph Kony will end the war.  Also, unfortunately not true.  Joseph Kony is one of five members of the LRA who are indicted by the International Criminal Court.  Of those five, two of them are dead and I believe one has defected from the LRA, but I’m not quite sure.  Eliminating the head of the LRA is obviously a huge step towards ending the conflict, but that wont stop it.  Case in point: Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. Sure, the main man in charge of North Koreas bat-shit insanity is gone, but someone equally as insane replaced him.  Its going to take a lot more than one arrest to make this stop.

I hope you watch this video, and I hope you share it with your friends and family in hopes to get them to contribute.  But remember, when you do, please read further into the topic to TRULY understand what is going on and what needs to be done.

Also: read this for more information.

KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.

Pledge your support by donating here: bit.ly/konydonate and continue to share this story. GOAL: 500,000 shares

FOR MEDIA INQUIRES ONLY: Monica Vigo pr@invisiblechildren.com

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