Aviator Zero
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1. Apparently 30 minutes is such a short amount of time that they couldn't mention the fact that the LRA hasn't been active in Uganda since 2005.
2. Likewise, the LRA has shrunken considerably in the last couple years.
3. It also would have helped if they mentioned that the US Africa Command has been involved with the LRA for a while, and there had been an effort to eliminate the LRA in 2008 (which prompted the LRA to mobilize).
4. They purposefully omitted information to make Kony appear to be the ultimate threat to central Africa.
5. It also pretends that the LRA has been ignored by the US government, so they can credit themselves with any highly publicized effort.
6. It allows us to ignore many issues, including those unrelated to the LRA, that plague central Africa.
1. If you did watch the film and can remember something along the lines of the narrator mentioning Kony's move NW into South Sudan and the CAR, accompanied by a map that shows his red-colored territory shift from N Uganda to the aforementioned region, then maybe you'd remember that the film indeed does mention that.
2. That's like saying we shouldn't be concerned with genital mutilation just because it's declining on average. A problem's a problem no matter how much of a problem it is. KONY 2012 seeks to fix this problem.
3. So what if they want to help too? What, is it too much for them to be involved too? Also they've been at this for 9 years. Lastly, do you expect them to state the entire history of anti-LRA efforts, spanning 3 decades in 30 minutes?
4. That claim is groundless and undermines your whole argument.
5. They first state that the officials they went to all said that the USA would not be involved in a conflict that does not affect their security or interests. Later, they celebrate when President Obama approved 100 advisers to be sent to Uganda. They even showed footage of a few congressmen talking about how he must be stopped.
6. Totally incorrect. One: Raising awareness of the LRA does not detract from elsewhere attention. That's like saying supporting cancer research eclipses supporting AIDS research. Two: If anything, it reminds us of the how some places of the world are. It raises awareness of child soldiers, lack of education, lack of effective government, proliferation of weapons, and so on. It's like punching a bulge into cloth—the surrounding strands are also raised. Three: Society does not need any help to ignore the problems of the less fortunate, especially if they're in another country. We've gotten pretty good at not giving even a single damn.
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