Ken, I guess the writer chose her title deliberately, when if Kony is A problem, then she could have left him out of her title or posited that he is not the REAL problem. She wants US attention, and wants the US to solve the problem in the region. Not that I blame her, but the reference to Kony is because Kony 2012 put the issue on the US news agenda.
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dear ayo,
the editorial is well written, and has the sophistication we rarely see in u.s. news reporting on africa, that is, it actually explains what political power struggles accounted for the lra, whom it served, whose services it rendered, and who profited from it. it doesn't detail how other groups also used child soldiers. and above it, it certainly says kony is a problem, but not the problem alone. i don't think you could have read the piece if you can ask that question.
it was written by a ugandan who comes from n uganda.
ken
On 3/22/12 4:08 AM, Ayo Obe wrote:
If Kony is not THE problem, is he not A problem?
Ayo
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