Thank you!
More information.
"1) The Ugandan Government is a dictatorship with Yoweri Museveni as the president since 1986. Among many of its human rights violations the regime tortures prisons, oppresses other political parties and the press and also wishes to introduce a bill that would have 'convicted homosexuals' put to death.
2) In the civil war in which Yoweri Museveni gained power child soldiers were used by his army (National Resistance Army) which is now the army of Uganda but under a different name. (
http://www.teachkidspeace.org/doc315.php)
3) The Ugandan army, or rather its high ranking officers have being using 'ghost soldiers' (soldiers who are no longer on the pay-roll) to siphon off funds, making the war even more profitable for them than usual, giving them a vested interest in its continuation. (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3514473.stm)
4) (kinda the same point again) War is profitable, especially for large arms economies such as the U.S. and the UK. 'U.S. Military adviser support' may as well say 'we want to US and its arms manufactures /dealers to sell the Ugandan Government **** tons more weapons'.
I'm sure there's many more points that could be made, and this is still a really basic explanation that barely goes into any detail, but even a single one of these points is enough to be critical of the campaign and its support of the Ugandan army. If the campaign really wants to be truly supportive of human rights it needs to recognise that Kony is not the only war criminal, all warmongering is a crime against humanity"
Also this link shows all the visible problems with the organization.
http://ilto.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/the-visible-problem-with-invisible-children/"
Also. If your going to go after Kony, be prepared to take down the hundreds of soldiers of kids he has at his disposal. There are bigger war lords out there who need more attention then Kony. Invisble Children is an organization that banks off of the rebellious actions of a social generation. 10 dollars for a bracelet that cost's 2 dollars to make is a complete scam. The organization has faults.
But on the brightside, it's good to see that people care about this action, there are just more important issues to look out for that desserve more action. Kony basically has surrendered a couple of years ago, and the country Uganda is slowly being rebuilt. This campaign is clearly banking off of teens.
Also!!! A website last night was shut down because it had free versions of the Kony posters to print off, the owner of Kony 2012/Invisible children has the website shut down. I wonder why?
ALSO MORE.
http://thisishangingrockcomics.tumblr.com/post/18895121601/we-got-trouble
