http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articl...-lra?page=show
-This link quite simply says that there is a dire need for MORE intervention and resources in this part of Africa
-Death tolls in this region of Africa due to conflict are staggering (in the millions)
-Religious leaders in the region apparently oppose US forces.
This article really doesn't address Kony 2012.
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comme...joseph/c3ycvhb
-Is not counter Kony2012 in the least, as it seems to be info directly from invisiblechildren
-The first comment re the financial spending on the organization doesn't seem to understand its own link, especially seen by the fact that they assume 'Goods and Services' is money for their program, which is also unfortunately who phoenix posted about.
If you actually go into the report mario is talking about, you see that there are 2 columns, one for program and one for general and management. Just for example, that 1.7 in transportation would include any transportation of goods and people involved in the program. If they shipped over food (I have no idea if they shipped over food or not), that would likely be under the Program column, in the Transportation row.
And secondly, the report Mario links is from June 2011. The report linked in the article, although undated, talks about events of nov 2011 in the past, so we can assume it is in regards to likely a Jan. 01-Dec. 31 fiscal year...not even the same time frame.
http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/po...we-got-trouble
Again uses the info that phoenix posted, which is, once again, simply some idiot not understanding how to read a table.
-Opinion based and fearful that getting rid of one problem is somehow bad because there are multiple problems in the region. They also use quotes from profs like this "There’s also something inherently misleading, naive, maybe even dangerous, about the idea of rescuing children..." This guy clearly knows what he's talking about.
-are worried that the Ugandan army isn't ethical
http://justiceinconflict.org/2012/03...-down-a-notch/
Ugh, this is my least favorite article. The fact that locals support amnesty programs with the LRA doesn't mean they want the LRA to exist. The fact that local, legal authorities are corrupt is, again, pretty much separate from the LRA. Bitching that Kony 2012 isn't 'good enough' is hardly a good reason to not support it.
Overall, I find all these articles which don't like the idea of Kony 2012, highly worried about the stability of that region of Africa. They're all very concerned that we won't be able to solve all the political issues in a large region. However, all of them say Kony is evil and the LRA is bad, even if they don't like the idea of Kony 2012.
They're all like...well, you can't solve anything unless you make stability, but you can't **** it up, but we have to do something about it anyways, but doing something about it is sticking your nose into someone else's business, but we don't have a solution to that so you shouldn't stop the clear evil that exists in the region, but we shouldn't leave the region alone because it's clearly wrong. too...
You know what I like about kony 2012? It is simple. It clearly aligns with everyone's morals (except kony's), and is all for moving in, taking him out/down, and that's it. It is not mired in all the BS that people against it are bringing into it, it really isn't. No one is stealing resources from another good project to solve the shit in the region, because that project doesn't exist. A group of people started a movement and because it's not THE solution to life, the universe and everything, people are against it.
The LRA is not holding some precious balance in the region together so that dismantling it will result in the region falling into further bloodshed.