U.S. Foreign Policy disguises self-interest as altruism. When we see oil and humanitarian crisis, we act: Iraq, Libya, and now Uganda.
Since at least 1997 the abhorrent Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has murdered at least 2,400, kidnapped at least 3,400, and displaced at least 300,000. LRA is an ideological group, led by batshit crazy polygamist preacher and self-proclaimed “Spokesman of God” Joseph Kony, which seeks a theocratic state in Uganda based on the Ten Commandments and local traditions.
Reports indicate that Kony and his dispicable cronies have been hiding for years. However, last week President Obama announced that, without consulting congress, he has authorized the deployment of some 100 ”combat-equipped U.S. forces” to the country in order to fight and hopefully kill or capture the vicious militant who has an international warrant for crimes against humanity.
With regards to the nearly two decades of atrocity, Obama pointed it out. “These forces will act as advisers to partner forces that have the goal of removing from the battlefield Joseph Kony and other senior leadership of the LRA,” Obama said. “They will only be providing information, advice and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense.”
No doubt Uganda needs help; they are one of the world’s poorest nations (17th) and have failed thus far to combat the LRA effectively enough to stop them. It’s a good thing that we’re fighting this monster, but for a humanitarian crisis that has been ongoing for almost two decades, that has been the scourge of a nation and a domestic terror threat rivaling the worst guerillas in Africa, it took us this long?
Earlier this year, at least 2.5 billion barrels of crude oil were discovered along Uganda’s border. The Economist reports that the country expects to earn $2 billion a year beginning in 2015.
A week ago today, three Ugandan government officials resigned, and President Yoweri Museveni addressed the nation concerning what the New York Times called “mounting corruption scandals, particularly in the country’s nascent oil sector.”
Speaking at a public oil debate entiled “Fighting the Oil Curse,” Jackson Wabyoona, activist and president of Bunyoro Local Oil and Gas Advocacy, said, “Well connected officials and business people who had prior information on the oil discovery took advantage of the situation to acquire land from unsuspecting peasants while some of our people become landless.” Mr. Wabyoona added the compensation rates were “insufficient” to enable the original landowners, who are now landless, to live a better life.
The fact that oil was discovered earlier this year was at best a footnote in most news outlets. I did not find any journalistic output that points out the striking coincidence that we picked the year when oil was discovered in Uganda to assist in stablization (and I apologize in advance if it exists).
Libya, along with being plagued by Muammar Gadaffi’s injustice, is also the site of massive oil reserves: the largest in Africa. And again, Gadaffi’s atrocious human rights record didn’t begin in the months or years before our invasion there. It had been happening for decades.
On a sidenote, Rush Limbaugh had some infuriating, grossly misinformed comments about the invasion. “Lord’s Resistance Army are Christians,” said Limbaugh on his radio program. ”They are fighting the Muslims in Sudan. And Obama has sent troops, United States troops to remove them from the battlefield, which means kill them.”
In other words, “Obama is a muslim and hates Christians and look at me connecting the dots like a preschooler at playtime.” It’s not that simple, obviously. LRA are Christians the same way al-Qaeda are Muslims – that is, they are among the most selective distorters of doctrines that otherwise preach peace and acceptance.
What is clear: decision-making in U.S. foreign policy, long touted by our officials as humanitarian and altruistic, is deeply entrenched in economic factors, such as energy consumption.
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not surprised…black face on colonialism…
October 21, 2011 at 10:16 am, KootenayCoyote said:
& nobody twitched during the hideous reign of Idi Amin Dada, too. Ah, Oil!
October 24, 2011 at 11:34 am, Ejjunju said:
it is called learning from history. So because they didn’t twitch in the 70s they should continue looking the other way? amazing. Why did i even comment. I am sure i wont be understood
October 23, 2011 at 7:50 pm, Ida Jammeh said:
the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act,[16] legislation sign into law 05/23/10
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1067/show
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March 08, 2012 at 7:08 am, James Grizzly Asfour said:
and the plot thickens….
March 08, 2012 at 7:16 am, Alegra Angelo said:
Of course. This entire invisible children shit is BS. Government propaganda working its magic. Fuck yeah America.
March 16, 2012 at 10:41 pm, Johnny Nubes Moronta said:
THIS IS WHY WE NEED RON PAUL
March 08, 2012 at 12:15 pm, Eric Wong said:
Hmmm need I say more.
March 08, 2012 at 6:13 pm, Lee Jacobs said:
Someone needs to save the women and children from dismemberment…oh its just the US again, funny noone else EVER steps in…the Westen Devil again steps in to protect the helpless..and cops wrath of the leftards for helping the helpless!
March 08, 2012 at 6:22 pm, Lee Jacobs said:
or would scum socialists just let warlords annihilate the peeps cos 'wouln't wanna start a war'. Obviously these Leftards dont have children..
March 09, 2012 at 1:51 am, Hallvard Kristoffer Lund-Johansen Nordmark said:
Lee Jacobs Killing this man will make no difference. To run around trying to fix all problems will only make more enemies. Funny how the USA saves people btw, the asshole they want to kill this time killed some thousands…Bush killed 1.5 million in Iraq. But ofc "we are the good guys"
March 11, 2012 at 12:06 pm, Torgo Ever said:
Lee Jacobs If you read the article ,you'll see that the troops are reported to be there for the following… “They will only be providing information, advice and assistance to partner nation forces, " Therefor there ARE other forces there from other nations.
March 12, 2012 at 8:58 pm, Espen Andreas Gade Larsen said:
Lee Jacobs , that awkward moment when you think that being a right-winged has anything to do with religion or warmongering.
March 08, 2012 at 8:23 pm, Brian Williams said:
the sad thing is the mass of ignotant ppl falling for this shit! if you watch the kony 2012 vid, he says "this is an experiment, it will only work if you pay attention" sounds like mass hypnosis/mindcontrol, i skipped through the vid and already knew what it was about… this is such an obvious scam it amazes me to see the masses afflicted…experiment succesful…
March 08, 2012 at 8:26 pm, Joseph Salazar said:
You don't say
March 09, 2012 at 12:00 am, Darcy Graham Granillo said:
See- this is what I was afraid of.. you read this, let it IN- and find out later that it's all a put on. Kinda like when we just SO happen to find Osama Bin Laden right at that point in time… right before re-elections….
March 09, 2012 at 12:17 am, Lindsay Moffett-Graham said:
The children are not a put on……
March 09, 2012 at 12:25 am, Darcy Graham Granillo said:
No, but calling it a "humanitarian act" is… why not just come out and tell them then, we want your oil…?
March 09, 2012 at 12:28 am, Lindsay Moffett-Graham said:
Sorry I just buy into the whole USA oil escapade stuff….
March 09, 2012 at 12:29 am, Lindsay Moffett-Graham said:
Don't:)
March 10, 2012 at 7:35 am, Evan Lewicki said:
When are people going to assemble to take on the real terrorists in Washington DC and in Isreal? Americans need to wake up and realize they're tax dollars funding genocide, and the suppression of free energy. I'm embarrassed to be a human being with the things we allow as a collective species.
March 16, 2012 at 10:41 pm, Johnny Nubes Moronta said:
THATS WHY WE NEED RON PAUL
March 11, 2012 at 12:12 pm, Keith Burrow said:
what's really remarkable is all you guys who are TO SMART for the government to get over on you….to sharp to NOT see the scandal….of course you are! of course you're too WISE for the bad ol' gubmint to fool ya! not gone fool you….NOPE! to sharp for that….you're going to see right thru it! nobody's going to get over on YOU…now, are they? Its all just a scam for oil and it's the bad ol' americans….being controled by the even MORE SINISTER JEWS….aggghhhhh the word BURNS….it BURNS my eyes to read it! aaaggghhhhhh! But tomorrow morning, you'll get up and answer the call of the alarm clock….and do exactly what the media and societal pressures tell you to do and you'll trudge right down your cow-path and sit in your cage aahhemmm CUBICAL all day and on Friday when you get your coupon for having worked all week, you'll take it and hand it to the banks that own the corporations you work for and the government that those banks control and you'll exchange some of that coupon for a car and a house and an education for the kids so they can grow up to be slaves just like you and they can pay for a retiremen…..no….wait….there wont be any retirement for us and the kids because we now belong to the chinese….and the japanese….and the saudis……Oh welll…..they didn't fool ya in Uganda….THAT'S FOR SURE!
March 16, 2012 at 10:44 pm, Johnny Nubes Moronta said:
THATS WHY WE NEED RON PAUL.
March 11, 2012 at 3:24 pm, Kim An Huynh said:
This article definitely gave me more perspective.
I don't know why a lot of people look at this as a US effort, as a US "thing", as a "white man's burden" when in fact, this is an international human rights violation, and should be a concern of the entire international community. Abducting children soldiers and forcing them to kill, have sex, and to commit crimes not out of their own will are all factors of basic human rights violations. So maybe the U.S. is coming in to do something about it, and at the same time is getting oil for it. Maybe they ARE the bad guys and ARE trying to kill two birds with one stone. But hey. SOMEONE has to take initiative in ending such atrocities, and proud American or not….. I look at the U.S. as just another one of the many global citizens of the world doing SOMETHING. If this was Iraq coming in trying to put forth its efforts into reducing the shitty conditions of these children.. but deep down their intentions are for the oil… By all means please take the damn oil. As long as you're following through with your promises of getting rid of the one person who has obviously been the culprit of the issue, by all means take the damn oil. And again getting rid of this man may not get rid of all problems in Uganda and Africa— for issues of poverty, human rights violations, power struggle, etc… are deeply rooted in its political system and lack of governmental stability… the lives of these children can't wait for governmental stability to happen. They need help NOW and they need whatever it takes NOW to get them out of their shitty conditions.
I am still all for the KONY 2012 efforts.
March 11, 2012 at 5:10 pm, Gene Livingston Mitchell said:
Well well you never know what's under the table, huh? Things always look pretty, but not every glowing object is considered gold or dymonds…. Stop being naive people!
March 11, 2012 at 9:50 pm, Donald Purves said:
Yes there are child soldiers. So too does the UK have child soldiers – 17 year olds. Will US invade GB? After all we do have oil. Oh wait a minute they already did – check out all the American Bases on Airstrip One!
March 13, 2012 at 10:49 am, Keith Burrow said:
yeah!!!….Yeah!!! ….and look at all that money we Americans are costing Great Britain….and all those lives we are ruining by being there ….poor Brits…they'll never recover from the HORROR
March 13, 2012 at 9:03 pm, Donald Purves said:
Keith Burrow Not particularly horrible but it makes us a target for nuclear destruction which we needn't be.
March 13, 2012 at 9:16 pm, Keith Burrow said:
Donald Purves ……Im not sure I understand your reasoning but American military bases in Great Britain do not increase or decrease our profile as a target for nuclear destruction…..because we were the FIRST to demonstrate a nuclear weapon in an armed conflict, and since other militaries were able to procure nuclear arms subsequently, we have always been the highest profile on the "nuclear-target profile-chart"…. and until we abrogate or otherwise lose our position as the most powerful and most capable nuclear power in a world full of them we will remain as such….
March 13, 2012 at 9:22 pm, Donald Purves said:
Keith Burrow Point I am making is UK does not need US bases for it's national defence but their presence makes UK soil a nuclear target whether we like it or not.
March 12, 2012 at 5:31 am, Megan Lucas said:
This article is so littered with wrong information it's disgusting.
Firstly, Uganda didn't discover oil in early 2011, the land was explored in 2004, oil was found in 2005, and production of the crude oil began in 2006. Also, the U.S. isn't even operating there. The U.K. owns two of the four operators, Canada owns the third but the company sold its assets, and Uganda owns the 4th company. With that being said, Uganda has 2 billion BOE. TWO. In contrast to Venezuela's, Russia's, and Saudi Arabia's (etc) almost/over THREE HUNDRED BILLION BOE's, Uganda hardly registers on the U.S.'s oil radar.
Secondly, the special forces that were sent in are being strictly used for intelligence and equipment. The are training the Ugandan forces in tracking and capturing Kony themselves and are in no way participating in any fighting that may occur.
Thirdly, the LRA has been fighting since the late 80's and has "recruited" upwards of tens of thousands of children and has displaced well over a million people.
Fourthly, we've been helping out Uganda loooong before they discovered oil. In fact, we've been improving infrastructure, building schools, investing in their economy, improving agriculture and medical facilities, donating food, clothes, and medicines since the very early 80's.
Where the hell do you get your facts? The back of Wheaties box?
March 13, 2012 at 12:35 pm, Lulu Li said:
yeah and now u send "combat-equipped U.S. forces" into Uganda for the sake of "peace"..??
March 13, 2012 at 1:14 pm, Megan Lucas said:
Lulu Li- It's called diplomacy. Though, we showed concern about their human rights situation for years, Uganda didn't want our help in "capturing" him. They wanted to prove they could do it alone and we had to respect that.
Everyone is up in arms about this and lashing out at the U.S. by saying we're doing this for oil. For oil? Really? As I stated in my original comment, we've been giving them aide for thirty years. Don't you think the U.S.'s supposed motives would be more sound if we only reached out in the years after their oil discovery? We didn't send these advisers without Uganda's consent. They want the help, we're giving it to them.
Now, I'll be the first to agree that the U.S.'s international image is… less than stellar. But, whether the world chooses to believe it or not, we truly want to help. What did we have to gain from aiding Haiti? There was a PUBLIC outpouring of sympathy. Non-government sponsored relief workers volunteered their time to travel to Haiti and help with humanitarian efforts and the government sent financial aide just for the sake of helping. What about all the other countries we've helped? We scratch the world's back and they scratch ours- it's how global relations should work. I guess you could call it symbiosis. (For reference, look up foreign aide offered after hurricane Katrina. A lot of those countries we've helped at some point, whether it was disaster relief, monetary relief, etc)
My point is, is the American PEOPLE have wanted this for a very, very long time and both governments involved have finally conceded. What have other countries done to help Uganda all these years?
March 13, 2012 at 3:44 pm, Lulu Li said:
Megan Lucas we all know and believe that you are truely helping them. but I am talking about is the video that Invisible Children has put up on youtube which is basically asking people to support the so called "diplomacy". But they dont even know where is KONY guy is and whether he's already dead or anything…What im trying to say is that, yes the politicians, as well as the tycoons behind them, can see an international criminal, but they also see a lot of crude oil..can u guarantee that Uganda will not turn into the second Iraq or Afghanistan? do u really know the American government just simply wants to HELP??? im sure you and your fellow Americans have done so much to improve the situation in Uganda, and we all appreciate that with no doubt, its just this DIPLOMACY that got people confused of what the U.S government really want…
March 13, 2012 at 3:46 pm, Lulu Li said:
Megan Lucas we all know and believe that you are truely helping them. but what I am talking about is the video that Invisible Children has put up on youtube which is basically asking people to support the so called "diplomacy". But they dont even know where this KONY guy is and whether he's already dead or anything…What im trying to say is that, yes the politicians, as well as the tycoons behind them, can see an international criminal, but they also see a lot of crude oil..can u guarantee that Uganda will not turn into the second Iraq or Afghanistan? do u really know the American government just simply wants to HELP??? im sure you and your fellow Americans have done so much to improve the situation in Uganda, and we all appreciate that with no doubt, its just this DIPLOMACY that got people confused of what the U.S government really want…
March 13, 2012 at 4:59 pm, Megan Lucas said:
Lulu Li- Honestly, no one will ever know what their government's true intentions are. Personally, I try not to make assumptions based on coincidences (which is what people are doing about Uganda's oil). But, there's not even a coincidence here. Uganda's discovery of crude oil is old news. When it was first broadcast that oil MAY exist guess who jumped at the chance to license exploration rights? The U.K. Even now, China is… firmly… courting the Ugandan government in regards to crude oil exportation.
As for Iraq (since there are no confirmed oil reserves in Afghanistan). If we were "stealing" oil from them, where is it? Our gas prices have only steadily increased since 2004. Not to mention that the government itself doesn't have control over extraction equipment- private companies do (which leads into the completely off, yet semi-related topic of lobbyists… but we won't go there). The only guess I can make is that private companies are stockpiling barrels at the U.S.'s SPR in case of an embargo, or for when crude oil resources worldwide are depleted. Even then, though, the SPR holds around 750 million barrels, which, at our current rate of consumption, would last little over a month. Look up Iraq's exportation/production statistics from the last ten years. They don't produce as much as they used to and we have made that loss up by importing more from Canada, Saudi Arabia, and upping domestic extraction and production of oil.
As for Uganda's oil (getting back on topic… sorry), try looking at it this way. Uganda is a poverty stricken country. Discovering oil in their country was a godsend. It's estimated that once the oil industry in Uganda is fully functioning in the next few years, their country's revenue will have nearly tripled (It's around $2billion now). Imagine what that can do for their country! It'll be like Dubai all over again. But, when all is said and done, it's not America that they need to worry about. It's their own corrupt government. The possibility of pushing oil money to the upper class and government supporters and keeping the lower class poor is high (think Sri Lanka after the tsunami. In some places government officials were giving their supporters monetary relief even though their supporters were not directly affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami).
As for the Kony 2012 video… it may pull at some heart strings, but I'll agree with most people when they say it's extremely sketchy (in fact, that whole "organization" is). Kony may not currently be in Uganda, but he'll return someday- it's human nature. Better to train Ugandan forces NOW on how to capture him THEN than let it go and find out he's come back and is up to his old tricks again.
(Sorry for the really long post. I tend to talk more than I should… and I usually stray from the topic at hand :/ )
March 13, 2012 at 6:46 pm, Zach Patterson said:
Megan Lucas to answer your question these people get there facts from…well nowhere. they are doomed to everlasting idiocracy. save your breath.
March 15, 2012 at 10:01 pm, Nicolas Forcieri said:
Who cares what does the Us Government wants… May be they are after Oil, and SO many other political reasons, but what is the problem with that? After all they always get what they want, isn't it? BUT please lets think about, people, boys, girls, families displaced… all killed for WHAT? I'm supporting Konys campaign not for the OIL but for HUMANITIY… Remember about Hitler, everyone belived the shit he talked, until someone realized that was not good to mankind… Just support it, what do you have to loose? There is no harm in money, but there is when killing…
March 17, 2012 at 6:07 pm, Nancy Clemens said:
Megan, thank you for your commentary. I know nothing about this, but the article to me seemed misguided–too easy to think there's a simple cause-and-effect here.
What came to mind for me you said very succinctly, so I will repeat it here: "Uganda is a poverty stricken country. Discovering oil in their country was a godsend. It's estimated that once the oil industry in Uganda is fully functioning in the next few years, their country's revenue will have nearly tripled (It's around $2billion now). Imagine what that can do for their country! It'll be like Dubai all over again. But, when all is said and done, it's not America that they need to worry about. It's their own corrupt government. The possibility of pushing oil money to the upper class and government supporters and keeping the lower class poor is high."
Thank you for your clear-headedness!
March 25, 2012 at 9:04 am, Freddy Chan said:
Megan Lucas To train the Uganda forces, just like you trained and worked with Noriega, Hussein and Osama ?
http://noshootfoot.blogspot.com/2011/05/noriega-hussein-bin-laden.html
March 25, 2012 at 9:05 am, Freddy Chan said:
Sorry for the You there it wasnt meant for YOU YOU , but … well you know what i mean
June 22, 2012 at 6:50 am, Deejay Danja said:
Wow..little miss DELUDED. Yeah, the USA has presided over Museveni's Military Dictatorship for decades and when Paul Kagame was good and ready- he simply drove off with an entire regiment of the NRA loaded to the teeth was Ugandan Armaments and lade waste to the Congo after shooting down the Rwanda One Airliner in April 1994. My suspicion is that you are a paid propagandist. Whats going on Uganda is a LOT More complicated than Kony.
June 25, 2012 at 12:28 am, Andrew Sibert said:
the u.s is operating there, i was just in Uganda so shut the fuck up you don't know shit
August 02, 2012 at 10:45 pm, Tim Ray said:
Megan Lucas – The article was also totally wrong about Gadaffi and his supposed "human rights" abuses. The guy was a douche, but, he had wide support among his citizens. Free education, free health care, free water and electricity, zero interest loans from the state bank. clean, modern cities, relative freedom of religion, $50,000 government grants to all newlyweds to help with buying a house, full employment, and the second highest standard of living in the region, behind only Saudi Arabia. Of course, in Saudi Arabia, you had the very rich, a lot of very poor, and a small middle class. The media didn't show the massive demonstration in SUPPORT of Gadaffi in Tripoli – an estimated 1.7 million citizens out of only 6 million citizens in the entire country – on the eve of the start of NATO and US bombings. The invasion of Libya was all about Gadaffi's announcement of the creation of a gold backed currency (the gold dinar) for ALL of Africa (Gadaffi was the President of the African Union, which most Americans do not have a damn clue about), the 144 tons and climbing of gold he controlled to accomplish that, and Gadaffi's calls to get rid of the US dollar as the reserve currency and his pushing for OPEC to stop accepting the US dollar for petro sales. China is now the largest purchaser of Saudi oil, and they are not using US dollars for those transactions.
September 03, 2012 at 2:27 pm, David Kio said:
USA does not need nor even want the oil…this is simply a ruse to bash America,,,we should just take our troops from everywhere bring them home and let the idiots blow each other up …we all saw what happened with the Serbs….and if we leave the middle east …what do you think will happen to the Jews and Kuwait as well as Saudi Arabia…and what about Asia…if we leave what happens to Japan ..Taiwan …South Korea…All you American Bashers should learn what your talking about before spouting off…and just for the record France and Germany have WAY more interests in middle east oil than we ever thought about as well as China….we get our oil imports mostly from Canada..and we pay just as much for crude as all the rest….get your facts straight …idiots
March 13, 2012 at 12:33 pm, Lulu Li said:
exactly! The American troops are always at where the oil is….damn and so many people shared that video without even think of it…but I bet those who shared don't really care and no one gives a shit afterwards….
March 13, 2012 at 6:39 pm, Zach Patterson said:
Wow. It amazes me that people are so ignorant that they will read an isolated article on the internet and take it for undeniable truth. The invisible Children campaign has been going on for almost a decade. If there is a brain in your skull you should be able to figure out that is not only does not, but COULD NOT have anything to do with the discovery of oil in 2011. OMG people are fucking dumb.
March 14, 2012 at 12:11 am, Evan Howell said:
Haters gonna hate bro.
March 14, 2012 at 12:54 am, Zach Patterson said:
I apologize for the crude language but it really is how i feel.
March 16, 2012 at 10:45 pm, Johnny Nubes Moronta said:
Evan Howell JASON RUSSEL WAS SO HAPPY THAT HE DECIDED TO JERK OFF IN PUBLIC..HES GONNA BAIL HIMSELF OUT..HES RICH NOW THX TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
March 17, 2012 at 3:34 am, Zach Patterson said:
Someone once told me that if you write everthing in caps than it is true. well try this on. millions of african children and adults are dead thank to people like you. I'd much rather make someone, who is getting the word out about these atrocities, rich than be part of the reason millions die. food for thought smart guy.
March 17, 2012 at 3:41 am, Zach Patterson said:
BTW Johnny Nubes Moronta, i looked at your info and according to, well you, you not only Christian, but support Capitalism. IDK if you are familiar with these two institutions but it really seems like neither getting rich nor helping people would bother you. if you are going to continure being a complete moron i would suggest changing that.
March 17, 2012 at 6:44 am, Evan Howell said:
Johnny Nubes Moronta what on earth are you talking about? Are you really so caught up in your little american world mindset that you are going to trash talk an organization that is rescuing CHILDREN that are being forced to KILL their own parents and have SEX with adults?
June 22, 2012 at 4:27 am, David Silva said:
Funny, i never heard about it until last year when they launched a high production value youtube video.
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And every hipster in the world collectively shit their skinny jeans. "OH AY AM JEE ANVI-IZABUL CHELDRUN AY-AZ SUP-OR-TAY-AN OIL TAR-OR-IS-IM BLAYME UH CHELDRUN'S CHAR-ITY AY-AND DUH YOU-NI-TEYD STAYTES". Boggles the damn mind.
March 14, 2012 at 3:39 am, Jerry Cantú said:
There's a cover up in everything smh
March 15, 2012 at 9:59 pm, Nicolas Forcieri said:
Who cares what does the Us Government wants… May be they are after Oil, and SO many other political reasons, but what is the problem with that? After all they always get what they want, isn't it? BUT please lets think about, people, boys, girls, families displaced… all killed for WHAT? I'm supporting Konys campaign not for the OIL but for HUMANITIY… Remember about Hitler, everyone belived the shit he talked, until someone realized that was not good to mankind… Just support it, what do you have to loose? There is no harm in money, but there is when killing…
March 16, 2012 at 4:17 am, Garth Todd said:
World oil consumption is about 82 million barrels of oil per day… this equates to around 30 days of oil. Not that much when you look at it this way.
March 16, 2012 at 11:34 am, Todd Allan said:
the wool has been pulled. go along on your merry ways and let the big boys do their job, nothing to see here, ignore the man behind the curtain, he's not the one your looking for. stop basing your truths on blogs and webarticles, facebook posts, hearsay, rumors and other peoples opinions. you cant validly form an opinion on topics that you know nothing about.
March 17, 2012 at 5:14 am, Liam Paddy O'Donnell said:
AMERIIIICCCCAAAA FUUUCCCCKKK YYYEEEAAAAAHHH!
March 23, 2012 at 11:13 pm, Gary L Weatherly said:
Go get 'em obummmadumm.
April 06, 2012 at 4:05 am, Angel Mariscal said:
Oil was discovered in Uganda in 2009. Even if you click on the link from the Economist, it was written in 2010. So for 3 years oil reserves have been discovered in Uganda, not just this year. Obama does not need to consult or get approval from congress to send troops to train other countries. AND we have troops training other armies all over the world not just Uganda. This article is misleading. Do some homework before believing bull crap. Just google Uganda oil 2009.
April 07, 2012 at 12:29 am, Richard Grannon said:
all for the invasion of Africa.
April 12, 2012 at 12:10 pm, Michał Kocik said:
When it comes to killing innocent children… Bush> Osama+Saddam+Kony
April 12, 2012 at 7:51 pm, Maciej Andrzejewski said:
When "we" finish Kony, let's take care of Lubanga. Congo have got plenty of oil too!
Lubanga: http://m.wyborcza.pl/wyborcza/1,105226,11340603,Afrykanski_zbrodniarz_winny.html
Congo oil reserves: http://www.mbendi.com/indy/oilg/af/co/p0005.htm
May 01, 2012 at 3:02 pm, Our ball-less Commander in Cheif - Page 5 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum said:
[...] and no one is talking about it. The answer to all of your questions can be found here: Large Oil Reserves Discovered in Uganda, Troops Sent For ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ | D… __________________ "I think this post is definitely worth a positive rep" [...]
May 30, 2012 at 10:58 am, Which wars are next on the Republican's Agenda? Iran? Syria? Someplace else? - Page 3 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum said:
[...] to be oil rich countries, it's purely for his love of the children, Bush was the one after oil. Large Oil Reserves Discovered in Uganda, Troops Sent For ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ | D… Reports indicate that Kony and his dispicable cronies have been hiding for years. However, last [...]
June 22, 2012 at 6:42 am, Deejay Danja said:
If the USA wanted Kony out of Uganda they would have simply taken a regiment from their massive military base in Entebbe and snuffed them out a decade ago. Kony is merely a Contra Army of the USA -murdering Agoni People at Museveni's behest- pretending like Kony is an "enemy of the state". Remember- Uganda is where the mad man Pauil Kagame came from..these assholes are prcaticed in the art of psychological warfare….Ron Paul is a fucking RETARD.
September 15, 2012 at 8:12 pm, Pablo Reyes said:
Kony 2012!, lol
September 27, 2012 at 9:35 pm, Allen Krelwitz said:
All oil aside lets not ignore the fact that Obama regularly bypasses congress. He's wiping his ass with the Constitution every time he does something like that and I'm disgusted that it's allowed to happen time and time again..unbelievable.
September 28, 2012 at 3:37 am, Ellis Scrivens said:
Americans risk their lives for this kind of bull shit! :'(
November 06, 2012 at 6:20 am, Hear me out. | Weblogia Swingovia said:
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December 28, 2012 at 1:32 pm, Obama's Wars (A Growing Collection of News Clippings) | Weblogia Swingovia said:
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February 28, 2013 at 9:06 pm, Mai Kari Hartvag Zimbleman said:
Huge underground fresh water reserve has been discovered/ found in Africa. 10 000 years of water…Water is the NEW OIL.. and no one can drink oil…What was the first thing NATO did after landing in Libya? YESS! They confiscated Libya's underground fresh river water project.. made to green Africa. It was Gadaffis 20 year project ready to be switched on.