There is a blogger on CNN that mentioned the things that go on in northern Uganda. There is a rebel leader that has been terrorizing the country for several years now, and the guy on CNN tells some of the stories he heard about what they do with children. He relates one story specifically told by an 18 female and what she had to endure for eight years. It's nothing new, stuff that has been going on for years obviously.

It sounds as if I'm making light of the situation, but I'm not. It is rather serious, but the point is it's been serious for a long time, and there won't be anyone coming to the rescue. There were some comments about the blog which illustrate this...

I have seen this story in print before. How is the USA responding to this? What can we do to help and protect these children? Is there any UN Diplomat that can intervene and get the word out?

I am so glad to see this topic arise in such a public forum. There is a documentary film called "Invisible Children" which details the lives and daily horrors of the "commuter" children and the conditions which they have come to know and fear. It is an important film that brings reality to the hidden nature of this phenomenon and the extreme impact it has had on an entire generation. Thank you for bringing this topic to the forefront. I hope this begins a strong conversation and awareness of the absolute horror that not only affects the children, but also the families and development of a country.

My point is that it has been in the forefront before, and nobody did anything then. Our administration is focused on Iraq and imperialistic goals, so don't have time or the resources for Uganda. The American people are too busy reveling in their hard won freedom to worry about the little pissant countries. Nobody wants to talk about it, there is always something else to consider, reasons we can't do anything about it right now. Try to get anyone to talk about it; if they know anything about it at all they simply respond with a condescending 'It's a sad situation there, but we have our problems to deal with'.

So why then are we in Iraq, it was a sad situation there, so why are we so complacent about atrocities in places like Uganda, but so complacent about taking over a country in the center of the muslim world?

There are resources to exploit in Iraq. There are enough people there that will be willing to work for American companies and help extract and process their natural resources for consumption by the rest of the world. Oh wait, there are diamonds in Africa!! Yeah, but those people live in the wild country, and are experienced in fighting there, and are willing to protect their control of those resources too much. They also have people willing and knowledgeable enough to manage that exploitation, which of course leads to the atrocities that prompted the blog on CNN....