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Ms.Robillard
L.A.8Hour3
11thMarch,2015
ChildSoldiers
Imagine
ifyouwereforcedintoawarzonewithjustagunandyourselfafteryourfamily
beingkilled.Thisisgoingoninsomepartsoftheworld,where1018yearoldsarebeingforced
intothesekindofsituations.ChildsoldiersarebeingusedinCentralAfricanRepublic,Chad,
DemocraticRepublicofCongo,SomaliaandSudantodate.Childrenfromages10to18are
beingforcedtofightandkillmanypeopleinbattle.Alsoaretreatedliketheyarelivingdirt.But
notallchildsoldiersareforcedintobattle.Somejointoavengedeadfamilymembersandfor
safety.Butintheend
c
hildsoldiersaretrulyvictims.
Somepeoplemayarguethatchildsoldiersarenotvictimssincechildsoldiersareno
differentthanchildcriminals.ForexampleChildsoldiersarenodifferentfromchildcriminals.
Childsoldiershavebeenresponsibleforsomeofthemostbrutalandviolentactsinwartime.
(ChildSoldier,Prosecution)Themeaningofthisevidenceisthatchildsoldiershave
committedsomeoftheworstactsintime.However,thisprovesthatthecounterclaimiswrong
becauseinanarticleitsaid,Childsoldiersarenotmorallyresponsiblefortheiractions.This
meansthatthestufftheydo,killinginnocents,etc.isnottheirfault.Whichmeanstheymustve
beenforcedintodoingtheiractions.ItisalsotruethatchildsoldiersfatallywoundUSsoldiers.
Thisevidenceisprovenby:Afterafirefightensued,prosecutorsallegedKhadrthrewagrenade
thatkilledSpeerandwoundedothers.(Prasow)ThisevidenceensuresthatKhdarkilled,and

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woundedmanyUSsoldiersjusttryingtodotheirdutyandhadnopartinbeinghurt.Thepointis
stillthathemaynothavemeanttodoitandwasnothisintenttohurttheUSsoldiers.He
could'vealsobeenforcedintothrowingthegrenadeandalsothreatenedifhedidnt.
Childsoldiersarevictimsbecausetheyareforcedintofighting.TheUnitedNations
foundsomethingthatmightbesomethingofinterest.Inmanycountriesthegovernmentforces
thekidstobecomechildsoldiers.Thisisshownby:Countlesschildrenareforcedtofightby
stategovernments.AccordingtotheUnitedNations'definitionofchildsoldiers,these
combatantsareunder18yearsofage,buttherealityisthatmanyofthemarefar
younger.("News")Thisrelatestomyclaimbecauseitshowsthatthechildsoldiersarebeing
forcedintobattle.Bybeingforcedtheyarevictimized.Alsothattheyarefaryoungerthanthey
trulyare.Anotherreasonisthatcommandersforcekidstodounbelievablyhorriblethings.
Childrenareforcedbycommandersthroughfalsepromises,drugsandthingswhichyoucant
evenimagine,tokillinnocentcivilians,otherchildrenandeventheirownfamilies(Invisible
Children).Thissupportsmyclaimbecausetheyareforcedtokillinnocentcivilians.Even
worse,maybetheirfamilies.Anyonewhois
forced
todothisisveryvictimized.
AnotherreasonwhyChildsoldiersarevictimsisbecausetheyareforcedtodothings
theydontwanttodo.Kidsfollowadultsactionsandcommandsratherthantheirs.Afterthat,
theyarefollowingordersofadultsratherthanactingoftheirownfreewill.(ChildSoldier,
Prosecution).Thissupportsmyclaimbecausetheydonthaveanycontrolovertheirown
actions.Theyareundercontrolofcommandersandwilldoeverythingtheytellthemtodo.This
alsomakesthemvictimizedbecausetheyhavenofreewill.Theyalsoforcethemtotakedrugs
anddrinktotakethemawayfromreality.Moreevidencethatchildsoldiersarevictimizedisthat

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theyareforcedtotakedrugsthatripsthemfromreality.Inaddition,drugsareadministeredto
deadentheeffectsofconscience:amphetamines,crackcocaine,palmwine,brownbrown
(cocainemixedwithgunpowder),marijuanaandtranquilizershelpdisengagethechildsactions
fromanysenseofreality.(Steel,"ChildSoldiers").Thisshowsthatchildsoldiersarevictimized.
Thisistruebecausethekidsareforcedtotakethesedrugs.Nokidwouldeverwannabeforced
totakecocainemixedwithgunpowder.Next,thisisanotherreasonchildsoldiersarevictimized
Thelastpartofthisreasonishowchildsoldiersarebeingusedasjustragdollsfortheolder
commanders.Childrenwhotakepartinhostilities(childsoldiers),childrenwhoareusedin
supportrolessuchasmessengers,sexualslaves,spiesandportersorchildrenwhoareusedfora
politicaladvantagesuchashumanshieldsorinpropaganda.(InvisibleChildren).This
supportsmyclaimbecauseitshowskidsbecomingthiskindofragdolltojustthrowaround.It
alsoshowsthembeingusedtokillthemselves.Thisismajorvictimizingtowardschildsoldiers.
Anotherreasonwhychildsoldiersarevictimizedisbecausetheyarentthemselvesafter
fighting.Itisdifficulttoleavebecausethekidsarerelianttothingstheyshouldntbe.Once
childrenarerecruitedintothemilitaryitisalsodifficultforthemtoleavebecausetheybecome
dependentontheircommandersfordrugs,alcohol,moneyandfood.(ChildSoldier,
Prosecution)Thisshowskidschangedrasticallybecauseno1018yearoldshouldbedependant
onsuchthings.Italsoshouldntbethathardtoleave.Thisiswhenkidsstartbecomingvictims
ofdrugsandunhealthythings.Aftergettingoutofawartheseformersoldiersaregettingsentto
jail,causingproblemsforthem.Next,thisevidenceshowsnewproblemsoccurringforbeing
forcedintobeingformerchildsoldiers.IshmaelBeahfromSierraLeoneandEmmaunuelJal
fromSudanwereprosecutedandjailed,whichreallyonlystrengthenedtheproblemsthese

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childrenarefacing.(InvisibleChildren).Thisshowsthattheyarebeingvictimizedafterthe
war.Afterthehorriblethingstheyvefacedtheyaregettingsenttojail.Thisisfurtheringtheir
problemsandcreatingnewones.Lastly,thisnextpieceofevidenceitshowhowtheformerchild
soldierwasthinkingwhenhewasintheactofviolence."Somebodybeingshotinfrontofyou,
oryouyourselfshootingsomebodybecamejustlikedrinkingaglassofwater.(Barnett)This
supportsmyclaimbecauseitshowsthatthekidshavechanged.Ifyoushotsomeoneorvice
versa,theywouldnthaveanyempathyfortheperson.Thisisaveryawfulchangethatthekids
havetogothrough.
Thisistheendofmyreasons,butrememberchildsoldiers
are
victims.Thisistrue
becausetheyareforcedintofighting,forcedintodothingstheydontwantto,andtheyarent
themselvesafterfighting.Myargumentiscrucialbecauseifwekeepprosecutingchildsoldiers
wewillgetroughreputationsandwewillonlyfurtherhinderthecauseoftryingtostopchild
soldiersatlonglast.Whatdoyouthinkafterthisessay?Areyougoingtojointhecauseto
STOP
theuseofchildsoldiers?Orareyougoingtojointhesideofthenastypeoplewhowantthese
innocentpeoplelockedinjail?Yourchoice.

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Prasow,Andrea."TheChildSoldieronTrialatGuantanamo."
TheChildSoldieronTrialat
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.HumanRightsWatch,27Oct.2010.Web.09Mar.2015.
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Debatewise
.Debatewise.org,n.d.Web.21Feb.2015.
"ChildSoldiers:VictimsorPerpetrators?"
ChildSoldiers:InvisibleChildren
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Steel,Michelle."ChildSoldiers."
SocialIssues:
.Vision.org,2015.Web.05Mar.2015.
News."
ChildrenSoldiers
.ChildFund,2015.Web.10Mar.2015.
Machel,Graca."ImpactofArmedConflictonChildren."
UNNewsCenter
.UN,n.d.Web.10
Mar.2015.
Barnett,Errol."Exchildsoldier:'ShootingBecameJustlikeDrinkingaGlassofWater'
CNN.com."

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