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In reply to the discussion: KONY 2012 [View all]Leopolds Ghost
(12,875 posts)9. You think they didn't bother to watch the video and are just retagging it?
That doesn't make sense... also, the group behind this campaign claims to be responsible for lobbying to get Obama to send the advisors.
Of course, the LRA is no longer in Uganda so they should be calling for African Union, not Ugandan troops, unless of course they see it as an Israeli style foreign intervention (like the ones that stopped Idi Amin and the Tutsi genocide.)
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It's a deliberate attempt to educate people on the Internet. The video itself makes clear
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
#7
You think they didn't bother to watch the video and are just retagging it?
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
#9
The problem is, the only reason for the video is to make people aware of Kony and the LRA.
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
#15
I've been away but when I came back a speaker had visited the school and made a presentation...
NYC_SKP
Mar 2012
#23
Yeah, I agree with the first part, but the author is biased in the last sentence
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
#27
Leo...she goes on in the article about the "tribal differences..North of Nile, South of Nile
KoKo
Mar 2012
#28
KoKo, here's a book everyone must read: The Scramble For Africa by Pakenham
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
#34