Imagine, children under the age of eighteen stripped from their beds, family, and their life. Tortured, and forced to do tasks that kill them. Trained to fight, then run into battle in the front line. Killing people around them without thinking, burning villages that people once called home. This is happening all over the world, right now, and is violating a major human rights issue. Over the last ten years, two million children have been killed in conflict. Having their precious lives cut short. Thousands of children get post-traumatic stress disorder. Around the world, people are using innocent children as soldiers. First, child soldiers are being taken away from their homes, family, and their daily lives. Secondly, the children are being
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“Over the last ten years, two million children have been killed in conflict. Over one million have been orphaned, over six million have been seriously injured or permanently disabled and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma.” (“Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers” 1). Many reports by international human rights organizations have recorded ISIS using children in dangerous situations like being used as a human shields, guerrilla warfare, suicide missions, and execution. The main Sunni military group in Iraq, called the ISIS, are brainwashing children, and training them to fight their enemy, the Shiites. Kids as young as fifteen are put into the front lines. Child soldiers are being trained to use AK47s, automatic assault rifles, and tactical skills. According to CNN, “Child soldiers are treated no different than adult soldiers.” (“How ISIS recruits children, then kills them” 1). This proves that kids are dying and suffering from harsh situations, people put them into. Therefore, child soldiers around the world are being taken advantage of, and being forced into an environment that kill them mentally and …show more content…
According to Scott Gates and Simon Reich, author and publisher of the Foreign Policy website, “Child soldiers are cheap and efficient weapons in war. Accounts from the field tell of soldiers who are near free to recruit, cheap to feed, and quick to follow orders” (1). This states that child soldiers are more efficient and easier to deal with than adult soldiers, and this is important when it comes to war. They also learn simply, when they are being taught to deadly missions. In fact, child soldiers take down targets easier than adults. “They’re small enough to transport easily in large numbers, yet big enough to handle modern lightweight arms, and heavy enough also to set off land mines so adults can safely follow. They have no real sense of fear and, when indoctrinated young enough, their capacity for loyalty and for barbarism exceeds that of adults” (Bethune 1). Even though child soldiers can be useful in war, they are tortured, killed, and mentally scarred from battle. Over the last ten years, two million children have been killed in conflict. As a result, children are forced to fight in combat, however, there is no point of putting the children in this
“Over the last ten years, two million children have been killed in conflict. Over one million have been orphaned, over six million have been seriously injured or permanently disabled and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma.” (“Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers” 1). Many reports by international human rights organizations have recorded ISIS using children in dangerous situations like being used as a human shields, guerrilla warfare, suicide missions, and execution. The main Sunni military group in Iraq, called the ISIS, are brainwashing children, and training them to fight their enemy, the Shiites. Kids as young as fifteen are put into the front lines. Child soldiers are being trained to use AK47s, automatic assault rifles, and tactical skills. According to CNN, “Child soldiers are treated no different than adult soldiers.” (“How ISIS recruits children, then kills them” 1). This proves that kids are dying and suffering from harsh situations, people put them into. Therefore, child soldiers around the world are being taken advantage of, and being forced into an environment that kill them mentally and …show more content…
According to Scott Gates and Simon Reich, author and publisher of the Foreign Policy website, “Child soldiers are cheap and efficient weapons in war. Accounts from the field tell of soldiers who are near free to recruit, cheap to feed, and quick to follow orders” (1). This states that child soldiers are more efficient and easier to deal with than adult soldiers, and this is important when it comes to war. They also learn simply, when they are being taught to deadly missions. In fact, child soldiers take down targets easier than adults. “They’re small enough to transport easily in large numbers, yet big enough to handle modern lightweight arms, and heavy enough also to set off land mines so adults can safely follow. They have no real sense of fear and, when indoctrinated young enough, their capacity for loyalty and for barbarism exceeds that of adults” (Bethune 1). Even though child soldiers can be useful in war, they are tortured, killed, and mentally scarred from battle. Over the last ten years, two million children have been killed in conflict. As a result, children are forced to fight in combat, however, there is no point of putting the children in this