"In October of 2011, President Obama bypassed Congress and signed a Presidential memorandum which waived the Child Soldiers Prevention Act, a bill introduced by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sam Brownback (R-KS). It was signed into law by former President George Bush in 2008. The law penalized countries that recruited children in war and combat, a practice common in African and Middle Eastern countries. In addition to forbidding military assistance and financial aid of any kind to countries who enlist child soldiers, the law gave the United States the authority to “prosecute, deport or deny entry to individuals who have knowingly recruited children as soldiers.” The sanctions were first waived in 2010, which, ironically, was the first year the law was to go into effect. Now, Libya, Yemen, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Congo was granted a partial waiver), four of six countries on the State Department’s list of countries that recruit child soldiers, are now being advocated for by the United States courtesy of our tax dollars. President Obama signed these waivers not once, not twice, but three times."
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 05:08:49 +0000
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