Argumentative Essay On Child Soldiers

What would you have done if you were brainwashed and didn’t remember your past? What if you were forced to fight? That is what many people have gone through. Being forced to be a child soldier. The child soldiers that wanted to kill people and like the power should not receive amnesty but they ones who didn’t have a choice and were too young to know what to do should get amnesty. Some children were forced to do these things but like it. In the article called Rehabilitating children in the DRC It was talking about how they were brainwashed but remember their past and we're proud of it. One of the old Soldier said,” I like being a child soldier and I don't know how people I killed.” He obviously likes the power and didn't care what he had to do to get the power. This goes back to my claim to show that they don't deserve amnesty. Another article says,” many people and many armed groups go back to using guns to gain power.” Some might say that using guns and is the only hope or way to get power but really there are other ways to get power without violence.

According to a powerpoint called Child soldiers: a story of their lives it said,”Most child soldiers are 14 to 17 years old.” That's old enough where you should know what to do and cut a runaway or something it's not like you didn't know anything at that age. “They weren't forced, they joined because we heard you could get money there.” (girl soldier from the Democratic Republic of Congo) This proves the point that not everyone was forced into being a Child Soldier. This also proves the point that there was a choice because not only were they not forced but they chose to go into this violent area to get