What are the Presidential candidates doing about the Child Soldier Prevention Act

Issues for the next President, Presidential Candidate

Sometimes you just run into things in blogs that no other news media organization seems to deem important enough to report on. I admit that this is one such item, and I had no idea of its existence until I read about it.

I thank IrregularTimes.com for their bringing to light the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007. I find it interesting that only one of the Presidential candidates has voted on this act (if that is correct as of this time).

Just so you might look into this bill, and ask the Presidential candidates why they have not acted on this, here is a small excerpt:

“According to the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO), Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, `The Child Soldier Phenomenon has become a post-Cold War epidemic that has proliferated to every continent with the exception of Antarctica and Australia…

Some military and militia commanders force child soldiers to commit gruesome acts of ritual killings or torture, including acts of violence against other children…

It is in the national security interest of the United States to reduce the chances that members of the United States Armed Forces will be forced to encounter children in combat situations.”

admin @ June 15, 2007