Why Are Child Soldiers Wrong

Countries around the World are using kids as soldiers to do the dirty work. They use children because children can’t be put in many of the jails after being caught with drugs or weapons. Some child soldiers enjoy the feeling of killing people for their country. More than half of the child soldiers are forced into war but some are also volunteering. Anyway, they are still killing and doing adult things. No matter the situation child soldiers need to pay for their actions. Some kids will kill because they are forced but others are volunteering and wanting to get their hands on a gun and be able to use it to kill. The Child Soldier on Trial at Guantanamo article reads, “... he would recall how he had killed a U.S. soldier and that would make him happy. The implication, of course, was that Khadr was, in the words of one interrogator, ’cold and callous’”(Prasow 3/5). That little insert suggests that not all child soldiers regret the choices of becoming a killer and some actually enjoy the killing and shooting people. Some might say that they had no choice but to kill but that's not the case. Most of the choices were either get killed for not joining or join and kill many people. One life …show more content…
They believe this because they feel like all of these killers are forced into it and they are too young to make the right decision. Most kids would make the choice to kill so then they go kill people. It doesn’t matter whether they were forced or wanted to kill they need to pay for the same crime of murder. The other side might also say that they never actually wanted to kill but they are still dangerous. The Child Soldier on Trial at Guantanamo article reads later in the article, “Omar Khadr ‘highly dangerous.’ But the basis for his conclusion was far scarier than any threat of recidivism”(Prasow 3/5). After being a child soldier you learn the skills of being a killer whether you like it or