Child Soldier Argumentative Essay

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Did you ever think something that is so different could become something Like bacon and ice cream Sundays, but are children in the world that are holding AK47’s that are the same size of their legs. child soldier's are kids under the age of 18 that are participants in a war not all are in direct fire their jobs include fighters, cooks, suicide bombers, human shields, messengers, spies, or for sexual purposes. I believe shield sugars should be prosecuted for their crimes because they have done some unforgivable stuff. Also they may just rejoin the army and not learn their lesson. Have you ever seen something or someone that escaped justice and hundreds of child soldier are getting out of jail because of their age. When they have killed many innocent kids nand people.

People can say what they want about child soldiers, but they have never seen what they can do first hand. in sierra leone a man and his team were fired upon by two child soldiers. They ended up killing his best friend and coworker. Jeff Koinange said”I am A …show more content…

they are the go to choice for an army that is losing a war. This article talks about how the army can feed them for cheap and they can do murderers thing’s. “Accounts from the field tell of soldiers who are near free to recruit, cheap to feed, and quick to follow orders. They aptly learn how to employ brutal tactics. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a rebel group operating in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002, for example, was notorious for raping and mutilating the civilian population.”(SCOTT GATES, SIMON REICH) This said that the children are notorious for raping imagine if that happen to you or someone you love would you forgive them know. Children are just as capable up thing as a grown man. Also the could be declared for example, suicide bombers. If they are willing to die for their country and beliefs what is keeping them back from rejoining the group. So why wouldn't we give them

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