According to an article by the Inter Press Service today (5-14-08), the United States is violating an international protocol that forbids the recruitment of children under the age of 18 for military service. Here's a link to the story at Common Dreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/14/8935/print/
Dave Meserve may have something here. He gathered enough signatures to place a measure on the ballot in Arcata Ca. that would ban the military from doing this very thing.
Here's a link to Dave Meserves measure.
http://homepage.mac.com/juanwilson/islandbreath/2008Year/17-peace_war/0817-04BanRecruiting.html
I talked about this earlier in my blog, check the archives.
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