I saw the Kony 2012 video and I cried about 3 times. What is going on in the world around us is horrible, people are horrible and it's time we start doing something about it. For someone like Jacob at that age to say that he prefers to die than to live because he has nothing to live for really just hurts my soul. I believe that every human should at least have a right to live and not in fear that some rebels could shoot him anytime.
My question is that, is the military the only way to get rid of this guy? I honestly am just not for the military mostly because where ever the US military enters they usually don't leave until they have destroyed almost completely. I volunteered for the Fellowship of reconciliation which is an organization that seeks to replace violence, war and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace and justice so I am much more aware of the military and what they do, the back stories and all that than I was 2 months ago. What they do is use nonviolence as a way of transforming lives and as a means of radical change and I agree that Kony needs to be brought to justice. I am also pretty sure there are other alternatives to finding and capturing Joseph Kony. The military can cause more damage in that country, even a lot more than Kony is causing now. What if this military that is being trained turns around after capturing Kony to form a coup and over throws the government?
I support bringing awareness to what is going on in Uganda but i'm still on the fence about whether training their military to capture him is the best way to go about capturing him. I am sure some people believe that the military is the best option and killing him is which is fine since we are all entitled to our various opinions. I don't know what the correct answer is, but if more people thought of it instead of just clicking the share button, so that if the military is the way forward then we would know it was a collective decision not just a decision made by a few but shared on facebook by millions people who were moved for 5 minutes after watching the sad video.
