Does anyone else see a trail of historical similarity within the latest Boko Haram #BringBackOurGirls response from U.S. Political media ?

Sept 2013 – When a shopping mall in Kenya came under attack (Massacre in Kenya) from Boko Haram Islamic Terrorists most U.S. media avoided the bigger discussion.   Some even claimed it was angry shoppers resorting to violence.

April 14th 2014 – When a Nigerian bus station came under attack (Massacre in Nigeria) from Boko Haram Islamic Terrorists, again most U.S. media avoided the bigger discussion.   71 people killed and 124 wounded.

April 16th 2014 –  Initially when 100 Nigerian school girls were abducted by Boko Haram Islamic terrorists, the U.S. media were silent.    Four days later, April 20th, that number climbed to 234 girls abducted.   Still nothing in the U.S. media.

However, all of a sudden, PRESTO,  around May 1st the progressive media picked up on the Nigerian abduction story and began a social media campaign. 

Does anyone remember the name Joseph Kony, leader of the Lords Resistance Army in Uganda ?…… and an almost identical Hollywood driven social media campaign around #Konysurrender ?

Anyone ?

For those who are less cynical than I allow me to remind you of the previous convenience campaign:

2012 – The combination of social media, kids involvement, a young engaged impressionable group of adoring electorate showcasing the “Joseph Kony Surrender” effort,  and the Hollywood case of the “Invisible Children“.    Brilliant.   Simply flipping brilliant.

What could be more captivating than an entire world of people engaged in following the hunt for Lords Resistance Army head Joseph Kony.   A horrid man who has killed thousands of people, and abducted thousands of children to fight in his LRA army.

Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Kony 2012, has been viewed 41 million times on YouTube, most of them on  Thursday. An additional 445,000 people have “liked” it on Facebook. And on Twitter, celebrities such as Justin Beiber, Will Smith and J.K. Rowling have pushed the trend by sending out tweets. One tweet by P. Diddywas retweeted more than 57,000 times.

The video has gone viral, and even White House spokesman Jay Carney referenced it Thursday in his daily briefing.   From the Christian Science Monitor:

This week’s biggest Africa news isn’t from Africa. It’s from a massive online and social media campaign launched by the American advocacy group Invisible Children to capture indicted war criminal and Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony. 

As with their previous campaigns Displace Me and How it Ends, Invisible Children launched Stop Kony 2012 on Tuesday to mobilize the next generation of young Americans to help end the conflict in northern Uganda – except this time, they called on their mostly white, privileged, and educated youth followers to get involved through web-activism on their Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube accounts.

It all begins with a remarkable 30-minute video highlighting the instantaneous and hyper-connected world we live in. Founder Jason Russell narrates, stating “there are more people on Facebook than there were in the world 200 years ago” and that “humanity’s greatest desire is to belong and connect.” He may be right. In just two days, it has been viewed 32 million times and quickly grabbed the attention of personalities such as Oprah Winfrey, Van Jones, Sean Combs and Rihanna. 

 It is a powerful example of how social media, art and activism can merge to mobilize privileged people into action and how open-minded Americans want a safer, fairer, and more prosperous world.  (more)

The absolute intentional synergyzation of the Obama “Responsibility To Protect” doctrine, with United Nations Security Council Resolutions, The International Criminal Court, Hollywood, a global villain and abuser of children, Social Media, and the politics of a left-wing optic driven narrative.    Brilliant.   Absolutely Brilliant.

Shiny things – Shiny things !!

Lets hope #BringBackOurGirls  has a better outcome than #KonySurrender.

Despite President Obama sending 100 combat-equipped U.S. forces to help regional Ugandan forces “remove from the battlefield” — meaning capture or kill — Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and senior leaders of the LRA, he’s still in control a full three years later.

Apparently the convenience of a White House Social Narrative diminishes over time…..