Turning Point: Kony 2012? More like Phony 2012!

On March 5, 2012, The advocacy group invisible children released a 30 minute video as part of campaign to raise awareness about Kony and his evil doings in Uganda and seek his capture. The video quickly goes viral and taken the internet by storm.

Invisible children?

Invisible children is an American NGO mainly composed of Filmmakers whose special advocacy are to inform people around the world know the chaotic world in Africa.

According to their website, “Half our work happens on the ground in Central Africa, and the other half happens in the United States.

In Central Africa, all of our programming is a partnership between Invisible Children and LRA-affected communities. We focus on long-term goals that enable children to take responsibility for their futures and the futures of their countries. Our programs are carefully developed initiatives that address the need for quality education, mentorships, the redevelopment of schools, and financial stability. In areas where the LRA is still active, we focus on civilian protection and rehabilitation.

Our work in the United States focuses on advocacy and inspiring America’s youth to “do more than just watch.” We believe that by uniting our voices we can use the systems, influence, and resources of the United States to expedite an end to the conflict.”

Who’s Joseph Kony and what in the world is the LRA?

Joseph Kony, a Ugandan Born leader of the Lord's Resistance Army. The video KONY 2012 by Invisible Children alleges the rebel group of kidnapping, rape and slavery of the children in Uganda. The boys are given guns and trained to fight against their own will. The girls are turned into sex slaves

According to Discovery News, since he was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in 2005 on 33 charges including murder, enslavement, rape, pillaging, and forced fighting, he has left Uganda for the bush; his whereabouts are unknown. The LRA now operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic, and may now number in the hundreds.

The Lord’s Resistance Army began life in the early 1980’s as the Holy Spirit Movement, led by a woman called Alice Lakwena who claimed the Holy Spirit had ordered her to overthrow the Ugandan government, which was accused of treating the Acholi people of the North unfairly. As resentment towards the Ugandan government intensified, supporters flocked to Lakwena and the Holy Spirit movement gathered momentum, until a battle won by the government led to Lakwena’s exile.

With no clear direction for the movement, a man claiming to be Lakwena’s cousin, Joseph Kony, took over as leader and rebranded the movement in 1986 as the Lord’s Resistance Army. Kony initially stated that the LRA’s mission was to overthrow `the government and rule Uganda based on the Ten Commandments. He rapidly lost support, however, and in frustration Kony began abducting thousands of children to swell its ranks, turning them into killers and unleashing them on villages.

The LRA, a sectarian religious and military group that has operated in northern Uganda and Southern Sudan since 1987. They have since spread their operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. The U.S. Treasury has Kony on its list of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists.”

Make Kony Famous?

The Kony 2012 goal is to increase awareness of Kony - make him famous. As they said on the video "not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice"

As Jason Russell says that less than one percent of the world knows who Joseph Kony is. If people knew what he had done the American people and the whole world would lead them to do some action.

“The dream would be for Kony to be captured, not killed, and brought to the International Criminal Court to face trial

"The world would know about his crimes and they would watch the trial play out on an international level, seeing a man face justice who got away with abducting children, raping little girls, and mutilating people's faces for 26 years," says Russell.

The American government would send troops in Uganda and assist the Ugandan army in capturing the notorious leader.

The goal of KONY 2012 is for the world to unite to see Kony arrested and prosecuted for his crimes against humanity.

Judel Arugay's Views

It’s funny how my friends and other people suddenly turned into social activists after they watched the Kony 2012 video. In a drop of a hat they cared about these poor abducted kids in Africa and sickened by this Joseph Kony guy. And now they think they’re doing something good and helping by sharing this 30 minute, well-edited, brilliantly explained video by Invisible Children.

Well, guess what? The internet is mightier and more powerful than they thought it will be. The medium that made it famous is also the thing that will destroy this scam!

Yes, it is a scam. And people from the internet, including me, quickly figured it all out.

People who made this documentary pockets 8 million dollars - 30% goes to Africa and 70% on their wallets.

America wants Africa’s Resources!

Kony 2012 has nothing to do with saving children, nothing to do with getting rid of a warlord, its about getting Africa’s resources. What does Africa got? Oil, Minerals and whole lot of resources and America wants it.

Do you guys really think America can just go to Africa and arrest one warlord? There are thousands of other warlords in Africa more brutal than Kony! Why don’t they show this?

Don’t get me wrong, Joseph Kony is not a good man. What he did to Ugandan children is just disgusting and evil. But do you know that the video is made from 2003? That was nine years ago when Joseph Kony is still strong and in the height of his power. Now he's in an African Rainforest not doing anything and just holding on for dear life. There are even rumors that he is now dead. So what the hell are these American troops doing in Africa if Kony is not a threat anymore? Military intervention seems to be America's solution to problems that have little or nothing to do with them.

And look closely, KONY 2012 is pro-war propaganda film. Do you guys really like another war? Are you freaking crazy? Sending US troops to Uganda for what? Get their resources, have their oil, WAKE UP AMERICA! Don’t make this country turn into another Middle east. It doesn’t work! Its stupid, racist, and pro-war. READ A BOOK! USE YOUR COMMON SENSE!

Here's a video of a ugandan girl talking about this brilliant Kony 2012 scam.