Rocketboom: Interview with Joseph Kony of the LRA

Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp covers a rare press conference held by Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

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[samhobson1]

if we can kill osama.. We can kill Joseph kony...

[taylarb1]

what happens after joseph kony dies?does it end?

[Estelathebest1]

i mean woow not wooz but yea hes still gross.

[Estelathebest1]

He is disgusting.He makes me sick,raping children forcing them to do stuff they don't want to!Damn wish they kill him.Hes a pig raping little girls and forcing the kids to fight!Wooz what's next,?Wish he dies -.-!!!

[AmericaTheEnslaved]

the truth is always stranger than fiction. don't just watch 3 videos and come to a conclusion.  do your research, then make a conclusion. the world isn't balck and white.

[bkhex]

damn i was hoping for a drome strike to kill that bastard

[warriorofguitar]

@dingleberrys09 Kony is righteous? That can't be more wrong. I don't know about you, but abducting and brainwashing kids to kill their own families just shows how corrupt he is.

[TStrince]

@taylarb1 Nah there will be someone else to take his place theres always someone else

[laurenngg]

@RynoK007700 ignorance elsewhere. As the first man ever indicted by the ICC, Kony needs to be stopped. this is not about the US, this is about humanity and empathy and reaching out to those who do not have the resources to help themselves. No matter how power hungry and greedy the US can be, we stand by our morals and we always will. If you think our government isn't one of the greatest advocates for human rights, then you need to read a little more.

[laurenngg]

@RynoK007700 forces was written and pushed through by a human rights organization that has been fighting to end this war, Africa's longest running war, and bring sustainability and peace to Northern uganda and the central african countries that have been effected. This organization not only raises money to hep locate and finally stop Kony and his leaders but bring education and ways of surviving and communicating to the effected communities, all through community leaders. Please take your

[laurenngg]

@RynoK007700 destroy the lives they might have. In 2003 thousands of kids, called night commuters would travel miles away from their villages to sleep in hospitals to escape the LRA and possible abduction. the LRA is one of the WORST rebel groups in the the entire world, in history. The things they have done sicken me, and almost every leader around the world. You say that we have oil and profit in Uganda? Really? Did you know the bill that approved sending troops to Uganda to aid the Ugandan

[laurenngg]

@RynoK007700 your comment is actually humorous. I'm pretty sure the people of Uganda would disagree. Yeah perhaps in the 80's when Kony first began his rebellion the Ugandan people supported his plead for a new government that served the people. That was, until he began destroying villages, killing entire villages, abducting women and children as young as 7, forcing them to be soldiers in his LRA army or sex slaves, feeding them drugs and forcing them to watch as they kill their own families and