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DeSwiss

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4. The FP reporter....
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 06:23 PM
Mar 2012

...is entitled to his opinion. Not everyone agrees with him. Including myself. On the other hand, I've watched the video. And I know that it covers the fact that Kony's not presently in Uganda. The video is told in story form covering a nine year period after the author met one of the kidnapped children who had successfully gotten away from Kony. It's not presented as a news story. Kony has been doing this shit and getting away with it for 26 years. And no one's given a damn enough to put a stop to him. I think that's worth noting. By now.

Your Mr Keating states: ''As I wrote for FP in 2010, the small remaining LRA forces are still wreaking havoc and very hard to catch, but Northern Uganda has had tremendous recovery in the 6 years of peace since the LRA left.''

So does this mean Kony should be ignored? Allowed to get away with his crimes? Allowed to continue on in his now reduced murdering role? This KONY2012 effort is about making Joseph Kony famous. So famous in fact that he'll be fleshed-out into the open. And then arrested. If any critic has a problem with that then I'd say they're the one with the problem.

- Have a nice day!

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