While you're busy with March Madness the Pentagon is busy getting America deeper into an African quagmire

The African Union announced today that US "advisers" will play a key role in a multi-national force assembled to hunt down Joseph Kony.

Who are the nations in this "multi-national" combine?

The Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan. The leaderships of all of these countries (with the qualified exception of S. Sudan) have far more blood on their hands than does uber-terrorist Joseph Kony.

Those are the countries that the US is teaming up with. Kinda makes you proud, doesn't it?

Kony's star was very much on the decline before the Kony 2012 video went viral a couple of weeks ago. Almost 90 million people have watched the video. Kony is so far past his best-before date he wasn't on anybody's radar a few weeks ago. He's been hiding out in the jungle with no more than a few dozen followers.

Now he's the excuse the Pentagon needs to get in deeper in Africa. Here's African Union spokesman Francisco Madeira on the American contribution;

The Americans are playing a pivotal role. They support us militarily, they support us with equipment, they support us with intelligence and training.


Hmm... where have we heard that before?

The new Kony Command will be based in, of all places, South Sudan. If you follow international news you'll know that's the world's newest and freshest country, having gained independence from Sudan just last year.

You'll also know it has oil.

Coincidence?