For the second year in a row, U.S. President Barack Obama has waived a Congressionally-mandated ban on military aid for four countries that use child soldiers.
The four countries that will continue to receive military assistance despite the use of child soldiers in their armed forces include Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Yemen and the newly independent nation of South Sudan, according to a memo released by the White House late Tuesday.
All four, which are slated to receive a total of more than 200 million dollars in military aid in 2012, were given waivers by the administration last year, as well.
The latest decision was denounced by Human Rights Watch (HRW) which said it showed "a lack of leadership and a disregard for U.S. law".
"Countries that keep using child soldiers aren't going to get serious about ending the practice until they see the U.S. is serious about withholding the money," said Jo Becker, who heads HRW's children's rights division.
4 comments:
According to our government, we have NO money. This is definitely one of those areas we could CUT!
Even if it wasn't about child soldiers, we should stop supporting another country's army!
We can't even outfit our own soldiers properly according to some so why in the world are we doing stuff like this?
What do you think.They are black populations.
Things these countries have in common?Hum?Would it be that they are mostly muslim. I wonder if there is any link to that decision.Oh that's right Baraks a christian so I guess it's just a coincidence.
That's just muslim law
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