The intent of "Kony 2012" is clearly stated. It is the creator's belief that if a public outcry is not heard then the resources available for the potential hunt and capture of Kony will be lost. The response by the Prime Minister of Uganda is of a different kind. It's to reaffirm that Uganda is not in conflict. He applauds the efforts of Kony 2012 and goes on to say how several African nations as well as the UN are working together to deeat the LRA and capture Kony. The two videos are hardly counter to each other. Everyone wants the same result the two are just not in sync. "Kony 2012" does not attempt to make Uganda look bad. I personally did not get that impression more than what I already knew of Uganda which truthfully is not much. But it did get me to pay attention to an international criminal. I'll say it again, it got me to pay attention. And that's the point of the video. Kony's crimes are attrocious and the world can offer it's available resources, political, technological, millitary, to help capture this criminal. If we don't pay attention those individuals with the abillity to commit those resources won't either. Invisible children is saying we want our political leaders to help capture Kony. It is not trying to portray Uganda in a negative manner. The video potentially could have created that portrayal to some but it was not the intent, and it didn't do that for everyone. Well that's my 2 cents anyways.

MT (unregistered) wrote in #15
wait a minute... I'm pretty sure I'm missing something here.

"The minister said Kony has not been in the country since 2006, when the national troops forced the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) out of Uganda."

and then at the end of the text:

"Last October, the US deployed troops to Uganda to provide military assistance in capturing Kony."

Captur ing him where? Is he still in Uganda or isn't he?
If not why are US troops in Uganda and not in one of the three other African countries that were mentioned in the article?
     &n bsp;  &nbs p;       &n bsp;  Hes not in Uganda but he could come back, so now there trainned how to capture him. The government doesnt want to get involved with this so if Kony is in other countries their(The Goverment)not going to go out of their way and help other countries unless the kony campaigners start telling the goverment to. The government is doing what the campaigners are telling them to, we said send aid to Uganda so they did but they wont send help anywhere else unless we bug them enough.

God help the people of Uganda.  The vicious diseased soldiers have arrived...