Obama removes penalties for countries using child soldiers

[W.G.Ewald]

Obama removes penalties for countries using child soldiers

In a short memo released Friday, President Barack Obama announced that he would waive economic penalties for countries employing child soldiers, citing "the national interest" in doing so. The memo stated that all sanctions imposed under the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 would be waived for Libya, South Sudan, and Yemen, and portion's of the law's requirements would be lifted for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The exact interests requiring these waivers was not stated.

Foreign Policy's The Cable reports that this is the third year Obama has opted to waive penalties under child soldier laws.
Jesse Eaves, the senior policy adviser for child protection at World Vision, told the publication the Obama was trying to maintain good relationships with the countries to ensure security assistance, but called the move "bizarre" because of how strongly Obama has come out publicly against precisely this kind of child exploitation.

 

[Known_Unknown]

Obama has no strong convictions on anything. He often delivers an emphatic speech in favour of or against a particular policy and does precisely the opposite. He's a joker......a good orator, but lacking all substance. His subordinates are the same:


As they say, to become a politician, you have to have the moral backbone of a jellyfish.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

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Are they still around?

 

[aeroblogger]

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Are they still around?

Yes. They recently took down the servers of Turkish Airlines due to a union dispute with management.

 

[average american]

Obama waives child soldier sanctions - UPI.com

 

[W.G.Ewald]

^^

The Obama administration this week issued waivers of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act to four countries known to employ children in their militaries.

Chad, Sudan, Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo were spared the cutoff of U.S. aid that the 2008 law, signed by President W. Bush and taking effect this year, would have provided because President Obama determined the waivers were in "the national interest," The New York Times reported.

Obama sent a memorandum Monday to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offering the "national interest" justification with no further explanation. But White House sources told the Times the law would have punished countries that are crucial in the fight against al-Qaida.

"Our intention is to work with them over the next year to try to solve this problem -- or at least make significant progress on it -- and reassess our posture towards them next year, depending on the progress they have made," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.

That reason for the waiver being given is interesting. Maybe kids with guns are at least being fed.