Should Child Soldiers Be Given Amnesty?
Imagine children, that people typically see running around town and enjoying themselves, actually being forced into combat around the world for no reason. In some places such as Africa and South America, armies are forcing children to fight in their battles. When the children fight they are committing crimes such as raping, beating and maiming. These places are debating over the issue on whether or not child soldiers should be forgiven for what they have been forced to do. Child soldiers should be given amnesty because, they have no control over their life, they were under a bad influence, and they were forced to fight.
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People believe that the fact that child soldiers go into rehab and choose to go back to their life of maniac killing is missing ."Two years later, the [child soldier] are returning to the battlefield" (Sieff). People are missing the big reason that these children actually do have the chance to go to rehab. In the end however these children choose to go back to the battlefield, it is there choice in the end if they want to fight or go back to a normal life.However this is a true statement, people are forgetting the fact that these poor children after fighting all they know is this life.According to a child soldier specialist named Lucie Bindu says that child soldiers with drug abuse while fighting. Often have a hard time coping with their surroundings after rehab (Bindu). People are forgetting that these children have been taking drugs for so long to make them fight, and pretty much this life of fighting is all they know. They may have the chance to go to rehab and get better, but it hard for them to go back to a life they barely knew. They have been fighting there whole life and they expect them to go back to not fighting, that can be very hard. To conclude, it may be said that child soldiers have had the chance to go to rehab and decide to go back, but this can actually be hard for
Child soldiers should receive amnesty because, at a young age these adolescents had no control …show more content…
People believe that the fact that child soldiers go into rehab and choose to go back to their life of maniac killing is missing ."Two years later, the [child soldier] are returning to the battlefield" (Sieff). People are missing the big reason that these children actually do have the chance to go to rehab. In the end however these children choose to go back to the battlefield, it is there choice in the end if they want to fight or go back to a normal life.However this is a true statement, people are forgetting the fact that these poor children after fighting all they know is this life.According to a child soldier specialist named Lucie Bindu says that child soldiers with drug abuse while fighting. Often have a hard time coping with their surroundings after rehab (Bindu). People are forgetting that these children have been taking drugs for so long to make them fight, and pretty much this life of fighting is all they know. They may have the chance to go to rehab and get better, but it hard for them to go back to a life they barely knew. They have been fighting there whole life and they expect them to go back to not fighting, that can be very hard. To conclude, it may be said that child soldiers have had the chance to go to rehab and decide to go back, but this can actually be hard for