Kony2012

I learned about a YouTube video, now viral, that introduces viewers to the atrocities committed by a Ugandan warlord named Kony.  His methods, not original, include kidnapping children who are programmed into soldiers and/or sex slaves.  The U.S. has sent 100 military advisers to help the Ugandan national forces capture this wart on humanity's nose, but he is believed to be currently hiding out in a nearby country.
The world has changed, and now social media has been enlisted to raise awareness and support for stopping this violent criminal.  It is encouraging to see how technology can work on behalf of causes like this.  It is also encouraging to learn that the bulk of support and action resulting from the video comes from people 25 and under.
Kony will eventually meet his end, and it will no doubt be violent and painful.  I just wonder how the Ugandan troops (already accused of bad actions) will deal with the final showdown.  How would you, as a soldier, handle the removal of a truly bad man (Kony) without slaughtering dozens of child soldiers?  Kony's troops follow his orders and will fight back with complete effort.  Kony has set in motion a scenario that is doomed to end in an all-out disaster.  Even his child soldiers who survive will need extensive help to re-enter their society.
The aftermath of Kony's removal can have diverse results.  Those who get behind the effort to  remove the threat of his LRA will need to stay involved to make sure that the survivors are given a realistic chance to overcome the damage done to their minds and bodies.
This is the ethical consideration that must be developed where social media is used to enact positive social change.  Continued engagement is a responsibility that must be assumed by supporters.  I'm sure there are other ethical rules that will be developed, but I am interested to read comments by readers about what you think should be an ethical responsibility arising from social media- induced causes.