Ok can I be pissed about something the President did 4 days ago?

[littlewolf]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/28/presidential-memorandum-presidential-determination-respect-child-soldier

Presidential Memorandum -- Presidential Determination with respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Determination with Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

Pursuant to section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA) (title IV, Public Law 110-457), I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Libya, South Sudan, and Yemen; and further determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive in part the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to allow for continued provision of International Military Education and Training funds and nonlethal Excess Defense Articles, and the issuance of licenses for direct commercial sales of U.S. origin defense articles; and I hereby waive such provisions accordingly.

You are authorized and directed to submit this determination to the Congress, along with the accompanying Memorandum of Justification, and to publish the determination in the Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA


so it is ok for the congo to continue to arm children ... and get wavers so they can
buy US military hardware .... WTF ..... what am I missing here folks ...
it must be something ....

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Usually best to find out the background of a story like this

before leaping to umbrage.

Sometimes the context makes all the difference. Sometimes not.

[leveymg]

2. Here's some context: it's bizarre that two weeks after a Libyan militia attacks the US Consulate,

State Dept. formally requests a waiver of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA) to that country, along with South Sudan, Yemen, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In all of these cases, these are countries where the US has recently been involved in regime change or "humanitarian intervention" operations or in backing one side in a regional conflict.

What gives? Are we saying there: go ahead train and arm your 15 year old boys -- we may want them to fight to bring down the governments of other countries? Great message we're broadcasting to the world.