Kony 2012

Joseph Kony

I just watched the U Tube video "Kony 2012".  I was deeply moved.  I grew up in Kenya, and I've known of the LRA (Lord's Republican Army) for many years.  But I had no idea that Joseph Kony, the leader of the LRA and the one who is responsible for abducting thousands of children and forcing them to become child soldiers and sex slaves... is still alive... and still destroying the lives of African children every day.  It is hard to believe that for more than 20 years Joseph Kony has eluded capture.  Like Osama Bin Ladin, he has clearly mastered the skills of counter intelligence and escape.  Unlike Bin Ladin (whose death only spawned a thousand more Muslim fanatics),  Kony's arrest would effectively end a tragic chapter in African and human history.  It is difficult to imagine how abduction, mutilation, slavery and murder of children could continue unabated for so long, and remain so hidden from worldwide outrage.  I applaud Jason Russell for using today's social media to create a compelling campaign to end Joseph Kony's reign of terror in Uganda and Eastern Africa.  His single-minded passion to rescue the Invisible Children has led to a change in U.S. policy and the deployment of American military advisers to assist the Ugandan Army in the detection and arrest of the #1 target of the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

Just shows what a difference each one of us can make.

Kony 2012 Video Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc