Came here to post this, and how surprising it is that most of the top-most comments are calling this out as propaganda. This includes a few posts that are essentially "lol Zenz," which is doubly encouraging because this is getting well enough known that you don't need a carefully-worded, 30-link comment to not get downvoted to hell.
I can't remember exactly what the situation was, but basically Kony wasn't really a problem anymore and this provided support for deployment of US troops to Uganda/DRC.
They didn't want another Sankara I'm guessing. There had been internal discussions about sending troops since 2010, but Kony gave them the political capital to do it without backlash.
Came here to post this, and how surprising it is that most of the top-most comments are calling this out as propaganda. This includes a few posts that are essentially "lol Zenz," which is doubly encouraging because this is getting well enough known that you don't need a carefully-worded, 30-link comment to not get downvoted to hell.
I did one anyways and instantly got 5 upvotes. Definitely a good sign
just gifted you my free silver award, let's hope more people can see your comment.
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Good fucking comment there by that u/deebgoncern. Surprised to see that so highly upvoted
For real, that was a breath of fresh air
:sankara-salute:
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I can't remember exactly what the situation was, but basically Kony wasn't really a problem anymore and this provided support for deployment of US troops to Uganda/DRC.
They didn't want another Sankara I'm guessing. There had been internal discussions about sending troops since 2010, but Kony gave them the political capital to do it without backlash.