"Child soldiers used in Yemen civil war," Topic
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Tango01 | 16 Jul 2019 1:03 p.m. PST |
"All sides of the conflict are responsible for using children in battle, a new report says. Since 2012, when the civil war in Yemen begun, at least 70,000 people have been killed. More than 1,000 Yemeni children have been forced to fight in the civil war, the Yemen based NGO "Mwatana for Human Rights" has said. The organization's annual report, which they presented on Tuesday in Paris, detailed how 1,117 children as young as 17 had been recruited by military groups in 2018…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
cloudcaptain | 16 Jul 2019 1:20 p.m. PST |
Forcing kids to fight is horrible but: "young as 17 had been recruited by military groups". Wut? The draft age in the US is 18. When I think of a child solider I think of a 7 year old with an AK. |
Major General Stanley | 16 Jul 2019 1:51 p.m. PST |
I was a fully trained killing machine in the Canadian Forces Reserves at 15. You could enlist the calendar year you turned 16 and my birthday is in December. Now I know why I'm so screwed up! If 17 year olds providing logistical support has become a war crime the bar has been seriously lowered. |
Thresher01 | 16 Jul 2019 9:22 p.m. PST |
Given that paradigm, the USA also had a "child army" in WWII, since many "underage" soldiers fought and died for their country back then. 18 is deemed to be an adult here in the USA, so troops 17+ years old doesn't seem to be too surprising. Some nations indoctrinate their pre-teen "children" with their radical ideologies, and teach them to handle weapons at very young ages. Some, seemingly, from the time they learn to walk and talk, based upon images and video I've seen. |
goragrad | 16 Jul 2019 10:16 p.m. PST |
Where did you see video of me teaching my nieces and nephews to handle weapons Thresher01? I didn't know anyone had recorded it. And they were 4 years old so hardly from the time they learned to walk and talk… Regardless on the OP, 17 is hardly considered a child in many cultures. And teaching children about weapons at an early age is actually common sense – knowing what they are and what they are capable of is a good thing. |
Thresher01 | 16 Jul 2019 10:33 p.m. PST |
Depends upon the context, and indoctrination, goragrad. |
Stryderg | 17 Jul 2019 10:53 a.m. PST |
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