Argumentative Essay On Child Soldiers

Children who were once soft-hearted, and full of innocence, are now transformed into horrifying killers, and criminals. Some children that are old as seven commit inconceivable violations, such as killing parents and siblings, striking neighbors, torching the villages they once called home. Their vulnerability was the key to warlords to create them into cold hearted killers. Around 70% of an estimated, 11,000 child soldiers are serving with rebel groups, including the notorious White Army known for sending thousands of children into battles. 27% of child recruits during the Sierra Leone civil war who were interviewed by Theresa Betancourt’s research team had killed or injured others during the war. 77% saw stabbing and …show more content…
Speaking about this, Norman Okello an ex-child soldier got his grotesque trophy by shooting and cutting a men’s system so that he could prove that he has skills. He took the victim’s testicles and filled it in plastic washing basins. It didn’t matter if the victim was dead or not. “I liked fighting that time. You feel very proud to prove you have skills”, Norman said to the interviewer in the article Kony’s Child Soldiers: When you kill for the first time you change from The Telegraph. Norman was walking on the wrong path. He was proud of the sinful skills. His skill was an act of skill that would hinder instead of benefiting. He was used to being unemotional, and violent that he even forgot the difference between right and wrong. Another downhearted fact is that girl child soldiers have been known to contribute to the functioning of military forces in a variety of ways, from carrying ammunitions, to looting goods, to participating in combat activities. Researcher Mildfrid Tonheim found that former girl soldiers are often perceived as dangerous criminals while he was in Congo researching. Their innocence is getting murdered by taking advantages of their vulnerability. They’re turning impassive without having any