An informed -- and interestingly cynical -- take in Foreign Affairs.com on the Obama administration's decision to deploy U.S. troops to assist in capturing or killing Joseph Kony, commander of the Lord's Resistance Army.
The authors are somewhat optimistic from an operational standpoint, claiming "The U.S. military has gathered strong evidence about Kony's whereabouts in the last few months. Greater numbers of surveillance flights over LRA-afflicted areas are said to have pinpointed Kony's position in teh Central African Republic."
However, they are skeptical about whether apprehending Kony will make any strategic difference in Central Africa, noting: "The LRA is, in fact, a relatively small player in all of this -- as much a symtom as a cause of the endemic violence. If Kony is removed, LRA fighters will join other groups or act independently."
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