(Source: afternanaschool)

I’ve done a fair bit of looking into it, and everything doesn’t add up. Here’s my findings and I have included sources. I hope to give at least one of you a better understanding of what’s going on.

There’s ALWAYS two sides to every story. This viral film has caught the attention of heaps of young folks, but you are all far too late. Watching that Kony video is essentially watching old news. They started filming in 2003 and northern Uganda has been free of LRA violence and war for over five years. In fact, the LRA have signed a peace accord! They are rebuilding and are restoring the peace.

Yes, the leader is still out there however the recruitment of children has decreased 80%. This isn’t due to the Invisible Children organization, it’s because Ugandan military and the ICC have intercepted. The Invisible Children group are trying to pass a bill that allows America to militarise the region. They are providing misinformation to woo idealistic followers. The group have combined multiple regional conflicts to make it appear that this is one rapidly increasing issue. When confronted about their dodgy tactics, the head spokesperson stated;

“I agree with you that leading people to believe that the war is still happening in Uganda is not ethically right. It’s something we’ve been addressing internally, focusing on getting all staff and supporters on the same page (of communication).”

If you read the news, or even had an ounce of interest in the on-going unrest in Africa, you would already know this and not be fooled. Yes, awful things happen to people in 3rd world countries, but this has been occurring for centuries, it isn’t a recent occurrence.

I think it’s only fair if I am to make such comments I provide sources (unlike the people over at Invisible Children).

SOURCES:

Michael Kirkpatrick, a long-time Independent Global Citizen, he has resided in Uganda and other regions of Africa. He has no political, religious or financial agenda. He wrote this article and gave an in-depth insight to whats really going on. He also questioned important members of Invisible Children about their motives.

http://www.blackstarnews.com/news/122/ARTICLE/6586/2010-06-02.html

Charity Navigator is a website that breaks down the proceeds and donations given to Invisible Children and subsequently shows what percentile of that is REALLY going towards these impoverished kids. A measly slither of what is going into the founders pockets.

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12429

I’ve read an interesting passage from Northern Ugandan man, however it is not 100% verified - he has advised the Northern Ugandan parliament have listed IC as their main priority on their “fraudulent activity” list. (See 2nd comment, username Livingstone).

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/stuart-fl/TQJSGHMES035Q6OI0

This link shows that he was defeated long ago - This person was there and is giving real accounts of what is going on - the post is from 2006.

http://ilto.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/the-visible-problem-with-invisible-children/

The amount of ignorance going around on twitter, facebook, and ESPECIALLY TUMBLR is amazing. It’s pointless to try and educate people, they just watch a 30 minute video and automatically call him the most dangerous person in the world. This cause has good intentions, but supporting a corrupt government that has also employed child soldiers, getting the USA to get militarily involved in another country, is ridiculous. Not to mention they pocket 68% of donations.

Sometimes the internet disgusts me.