To Stop a Warlord by Shannon Sedgwick Davis

Author:Shannon Sedgwick Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2019-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

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Muneer and I spoke about the need for more air support—how we had to fill the gap if we were going to end the LRA conflict. He suggested we talk to the US government about lending more support to the mission. He was hosting an event at his home the following week and many of the country’s most powerful legislators would be present. He invited me to attend and urged me to come early so he could schedule hour-long meetings with a few senators and congressmen, including Senator Mark Kirk from Illinois. “If you can explain to them what you’re doing and why, maybe they can convince the US government to back the mission in a more significant way,” he advised.

This was an incredible opportunity to brief some members of Congress on the project and shore up the kind of support that could make or break the mission. But I had to think hard before I could accept. Every time we widened the circle of people who knew about the mission, we took a risk. Word could break to the media, and I feared that a story would get things wrong and sensationalize what we were doing. A story like that would only be a distraction, something that could greatly hinder our ability to push forward, so I hesitated to bring too many people into the picture. I also recognized Muneer’s amazing generosity. To help fund the mission was one kind of gift. But to expend his political capital was even more extraordinary—and risky, a sign of his deep-seated trust. He was willing to risk his reputation and influence to stop a warlord. If he was willing, others might be, too.

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