12 Year Old Peace Prize Winner Tells Obama. 'Send Books Not Guns' Obama Responds

[grahamhgreen]

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize — and was shot in the head by the Taliban — for advocating girls' education, told President Barack Obama he could "change the world" if only he'd send books instead of guns to other countries, she said Tuesday.

"My message was very simple," Malala, who is now 17, said Tuesday at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia, speaking of her recent meeting with the president. "I said instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers." Asked by the host, Ronan Farrow of MSNBC, how Obama reacted, she said simply that his response was "pretty political."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/peace-prize-winner-malala-yousafzai-obama-stop-arming-world-n231231

[Kalidurga]

1. I agree

It might work in the US too. Instead of militarizing the police send them out to work with the community instead of targeting people to stop and identify. They could be a great tool in helping people connect with the help they need. And every once in a while they could drive a bookmobile.