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Argumentative Essay: Child Soldiers

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Child Soldiers

On average half of the children who are fighting on rebel armies in africa were kidnapped and forced to take drugs, most of these kids are not even 15 years old but they have to fight or they will be killed by the rebel commanders. If any of these children escape the war they may have many years to a life time of PTSD and become scarred for life. From this I believe that child soldiers are victims and should not be punished by what rebels force them to do.
I believe that child soldiers are victims and should not be punished by their actions.
One reason that proves that child soldiers are victims are that they are kidnapped, in the blue article when it states that rebels are snatching kids off soccer fields and forcing them to fight. From the pink article when it said that when Bosco Ojok was only 14 years old he was abducted by rebel soldiers and forced to fight with them or die. From the book, when michel chikwanine was attacked by soldiers and forced to go with them. …show more content…

From the book, michels wrist was cut open by rebel soldiers, they then proceeded to put “brown brown”, a mixture of cocaine and gunpowder, in his wrist. Then they blindfolded him and put a gun in his hands and made him pull the trigger, when they took the blindfold off his best friend kevin was laying in a pool of blood in front of him. From the pink article, it said that kids were seen marching with AK-47’s to kill and if they didn't kill they would get killed.From the video, Ishmael Beal, the child soldier from sierra leone told the audience that he was told that if he didn't fight for the rebels they would kill

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