Child Solider

What do you think the hardest thing the average 7 year old must do daily, maybe what they're going to do at recess. Whale in Africa a 7 year old my would have had to kill a man or be killed by their commanding officer in one there is a chose in the other there really is not. Child solider are victims because they have no choice and they are brainwashed to think it is the right thing to do.

The first reason child soldiers are victims is because they had no choice For example, khadr a child on trial for the killing of an American soldier According to the article called “The Child Soldier on Trial at Guantanamo,” it says, “Khadr was seriously wounded in the firefight, half-blinded in one eye and with two bullet wounds to his chest.” This shows he was defending …show more content…
For example, khadr the same imprisoned in Guantanamo was taken to an al qaeda training camp when he was 10. According to the article called “The Child Soldier on Trial at Guantanamo,” it says, “the No. 1 reason that Khadr was dangerous: his father. A senior ranking Al Qaeda leader now dead, Khadr’s father took him to visit al Qaeda leaders when he was 10 and to a military training camp when he was s15,”. This shows that even at a young, impressionable age he was subject to manipulation and brainwashing at the most severe degree. In addition, it must also be stated that many commanders know that children are easy to brainwash that is why they recruit them. According to the article called “__“Child soldiers are ideal,” a military commander from the African nation of Chad told Human Rights Watch.” it says,” They don’t complain, they don’t expect to be paid--and if you tell them to kill, they kill.”.” This explains how good they are to have because if someone is brainwashed and doesn't get paid they are ideal. This also proves that they are almost certainly brainwashed because no one would do that without some type of