Intro: Child soldiers have influenced the worlds decisions about the rights of children and the crimes that some children have committed . Child soldiers are recruited by the government, taken from their parents, or join because the war is their only option. The adolescents in these circumstances are under the age of 18 and are brought into the war to be fighters, cooks, suicide bombers, unnecessary purposes, human shields, messengers, or spies. Child soldiers have started many debates in the past and they most likely create more issues in the future. One major debate within the topic of child soldiers is if the child soldiers should be given amnesty. Child Soldiers should not be given amnesty because child soldiers have mental disorders from
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In the article, Koinange Killers it talks about how child soldiers killed a reporter's camera man as he was approaching their camp. The Koinange reporter says, “[The cameraman] was killed when child soldiers opened fire on the vehicle he was traveling in" (Koinange). The cameraman was in an innocent truck and a group of child soldiers open fired at the truck for no apparent reason. Criminals who take advantage of the use of guns should not be given amnesty because they misused the weapons that they were given. Child soldiers have misused weapons and they should not be able to be forgiven of that because of the fact that we don’t know what they would do if they ever got a gun in their hands again. Ishmael Beah was a former child soldier. He was interviewed about what his previous circumstance was like. Beah says, “My gun was my provider and protector, and my rule was to kill or be killed,'” (Beah). Beah said that his gun was his protector. Criminals were depending on these things for survival in the war. If people handed a child soldier a gun, would people be safe? Credible Sources give lists of reasons for why child soldiers are recruited. The U.S Foreign Policy says, “children could much more easily penetrate targets than their adult counterparts," (Reich, Gates). This very reason is one of the main reasons that child soldiers are recruited. Child soldiers know how to move fast and dodge better than adults can which makes them very useful. Because of the fact that the child soldiers are sneakier, that makes them extremely dangerous. Criminals who have been taught to sneak around for the purpose of killing should not be forgiven because they could not be trusted because of their upbringing. If people let them wander on the streets, people would need to be very
In the article, Koinange Killers it talks about how child soldiers killed a reporter's camera man as he was approaching their camp. The Koinange reporter says, “[The cameraman] was killed when child soldiers opened fire on the vehicle he was traveling in" (Koinange). The cameraman was in an innocent truck and a group of child soldiers open fired at the truck for no apparent reason. Criminals who take advantage of the use of guns should not be given amnesty because they misused the weapons that they were given. Child soldiers have misused weapons and they should not be able to be forgiven of that because of the fact that we don’t know what they would do if they ever got a gun in their hands again. Ishmael Beah was a former child soldier. He was interviewed about what his previous circumstance was like. Beah says, “My gun was my provider and protector, and my rule was to kill or be killed,'” (Beah). Beah said that his gun was his protector. Criminals were depending on these things for survival in the war. If people handed a child soldier a gun, would people be safe? Credible Sources give lists of reasons for why child soldiers are recruited. The U.S Foreign Policy says, “children could much more easily penetrate targets than their adult counterparts," (Reich, Gates). This very reason is one of the main reasons that child soldiers are recruited. Child soldiers know how to move fast and dodge better than adults can which makes them very useful. Because of the fact that the child soldiers are sneakier, that makes them extremely dangerous. Criminals who have been taught to sneak around for the purpose of killing should not be forgiven because they could not be trusted because of their upbringing. If people let them wander on the streets, people would need to be very