Witness A Child Soldier's Darfur Confession Analysis

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Alex R.
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When people think child soldiers they think of kids having their innocence ripped away from them by the horrors of war. Now that is the case most of the time but today where looking at the demographic of kids who choose to join these awful groups almost like being inducted into a religion they are brainwashed with the idea that their cause is the only right cause. I'm not saying that it's their fault that they are being taught these lies but it is their fault that they joined in the first place with the intent of following this idea. I believe that kids like Ibrahim should be treated as criminals

First off in the article “Witness: A Child Soldier’s Darfur Confession – ‘I shot her. She is dead.’” By: Amy Braunschweiger Ibrahim

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