Cease waiving sanctions put in place by the Child Soldiers Protection Act of 2008 on countries who use children soldiers

The Child Soldiers Protection Act of 2008 was created in an attempt to stop the use of child soldiers in armed conflicts. It specifically prohibits U.S. military assistance, financing, training, and any other defense assistance to countries that currently recruit children to fight under the age of 18. Since the sanctions were supposed to take place in 2010, President Obama has waived them every year, allowing continued assistance to the countries of Libya, South Sudan, Yemen, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The United States government sells weapons to these countries, which are in turn used by children often as young as 7 or 8. This is enabling these countries to continue the practice of recruiting and using children to fight and die for them. Children have no place in war.