Recently, President Obama ordered 100 US troops into Central Africa for the express purpose of assisting in the capture of the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) leader Joseph Kony.
US Troops To Assist In Seeking LRA Leader Kony
The LRA is well known for committing atrocities such as mass murder, mutilation, rape as a weapon, and conscripting child soldiers in and around Uganda for well over 20 years.
LRA Background
Here are some examples of their handiwork:
For the record, these were some of the less graphic images available.
It would seem that the LRA and their barbarousness are well known to everyone except Limbaugh as he defended the LRA and essentially told his listeners that President Obama was sending troops to Africa to "kill Christians".
Limbaugh Defends LRA
Limbaugh Listeners Defend LRA
Really, Rush? Are you so clueless about what is happening in Africa that you actually believe what you said, or you just that desperate to disparage President Obama, who really doesn't need any help in looking badly of late? Yes, the LRA professes to be Christian, just like al Qaida profess to be Muslim, but neither is a true representation of their respective faiths. Are you so blind to what is actually happening in Central Africa that you use this issue to unjustly criticize the president? Are your listeners so clueless that they believe the nonsense that you spewed over this matter?
Perhaps, Rush, a better thing to do would have been to explain to your audience that the LRA is not representative of Christianity, that they are criminals and barbarians, and that as the moral compass that we fancy ourselves, America should play a role in eradicating this vermin from the planet. There is a time and a place for partisan politics, but this is not it.
Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.
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