he wants to rule by following the Ten Commandments . Instead , he has ruled -- and thrived -- by breaking a lot of those commandments . The Ugandan army -- with the help of the U.S. military -- has tried for years to take him and his leadership out . The International Criminal Court has had a warrant out for him since 2005 . The Lord 's Resistance Army replenishes its ranks by abducting villagers -- men , women and children -- brainwashing them and forcing them to fight . Or to serve as sex slaves for commanders . LRA members survive by staying on the move constantly and stealing food and provisions . Last month , according to researchers , an LRA band raided a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo soon after the World Food Programme had distributed food supplies there . So what is LRA leader Kony 's secret ? How has he evaded justice to operate his band of marauders and murderers with impunity for decades ? Here are five reasons some experts give : 1 . He uses terror strategically . You 've probably seen photos of children whose noses or ears were
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Barack Obama announced recently that about 100 U.S. troops are being deployed to Central Africa to help `` apprehend and remove '' the elusive Joseph Kony and his top commanders of the Lord 's Resistance Army . It 's not the first time the United States has gone in to help put an end to the marauding , murdering gang known as the Lord 's Resistance Army -- LRA , for short . The LRA has butchered , enslaved and displaced people in Uganda and Central Africa for two decades . Although its brand of terrorism does n't target the United States , Washington has listed it as a terrorist group . The U.S. decision to help go after Kony is a strategic -- as well as a humanitarian -- one . Africa is a frontier for terrorism . Uganda is fighting Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia -- which helps the United States -- so in turn , the U.S. is helping Uganda fight the LRA . The Lord 's Resistance Army began in northern Uganda in 1987 as an opposition force to leader Yoweri Museveni . Kony sees himself as a prophet who has said