Children In War

In this time of desperation and differing opinions on religion and politics, children only at the age of seven are given drugs and a gun in someone else's war. Children in Sierra Leone, and many parts of Iraq are required to be involved in a war. Many are persuaded with drugs, money, and basic living essentials while others have been taught that fighting in wars while they are young is morally right, and that they are protecting their faith and their close peers. Yet the question that has been posed is shall these children be given legal forgiveness among their actions, or will these children be tried equally under the law? Sierra Leone, Iraq, Somali, Congo, Afghanistan, and Chad are just few of the many countries that suffer from poverty and choose to use children in battle, many use them as front-line soldiers in these gruesome battles. They provide many addictive substances including cocaine, marijuana, followed by many other drugs; commanders also provide alcohol to these children. Numerous wars in Africa are wars based on poverty and are often civil wars amongst one county while wars in the middle-east are based off religion such as extremists of Jihad. If one practices Jihad they are taught
Due to the extremity many go through and the lack of remorse for their actions many should be tried appropriately for their actions just as Omar Khadir who was mentioned earlier. Just as children who commit diabolical crimes in America, young soldiers should be given the same corporal punishment. In the case of Robert Thompson in England, him and a friend were the first minors to be tried as an adult for the brutal murder of a 2-year-old boy. Many of these criminals, although their age small, can still pursue terrible acts. If all children were given amnesty they would still walk the same streets that you walk, some deemed as