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    Deployments on Families and Soldiers Deployments in the National Guard affect both the soldier and their families during this hard time. Nevertheless most families make it through the tour stronger then ever. Service members who have children at the time of deployment may be affected more by missing out on some of the most important times in their lives. Also‚ being miles apart can put a lot of tension on the soldier’s family and jobs. During these hard times both the soldier and the spouse need to

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    When wars start soldiers are needed. Some people consider soldiers to be criminals because they kill people‚ but what if that soldier was a child? In many countries when wars start not only the adults are affected‚ but also the children. In many situations the child’s family is killed by soldiers on the other side. Children often volunteer to join the fighting and become child soldiers. Would that make them criminals or victims? I think that child soldiers are victims of war not war criminals they

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    Imagine if you were forced to kill others for whole years of your life‚ seeing the people bleed out each and every time as they struggle to hold onto life.This is what child soldiers are put through almost every day. In some parts of the world‚ such as Sierra Leone. There is tremendous disputes over child soldiers. Everyday hundreds if not thousands of child soldiers are drugged‚ abused‚ and brainwashed to kill others in the battlefields of Sierra Leone and countries alike. Now after all this‚ these

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    Have you ever ran from someone who was trying to kill you while running through the jungle to escape and get freedom. This is the life of a child soldier. “Nearly 20000 of Uganda’s abducted children” (Hope for Uganda’s Child soldiers). The issue of child soldiers came to worldwide attention when a 14 year old child soldier was executed in 1999. Child soldiers is a very big debate now. The two sides are they are victims and they are perpetrators. I think that they are victims. They are victims for

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    about a platoon of American soldiers in Vietnam. The author‚ Tim O’Brien had served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. In the story he described the vast differences in what each soldier carried and how they viewed life and death. It is unclear if the characters in the story oppose or support the war so it carries an un-biased point of view. In the letter In Search of the Enemy of Man the monks viewed death very differently than the American soldiers in The Things they Carried.

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    Child Soldiers Child soldiers should be identified as victims not predators. Young children play a huge part in life and death situations around the world.The children face injury and death many are sexually abused. Those who do survive are traumatized emotionally from their experience. Child soldiers should not be prosecuted because many do not choose to volunteer so the outcome is death or abduction. Children can be easily manipulated and intimidated‚ child soldiers are often not given a say

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    you a couple of pills. You do what you were told and take the pills. The next thing you know...you just shot‚ and killed‚ the rest of your family. This is the life of a child soldier. History shows us that the issue with children soldiers is not new. Since the 1980’s‚ Liberia‚ Uganda‚ and Renamo Forces have had over 13‚900 children soldiers. All over the world today‚ there are still‚ approximately

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    Justice systems are struggling to determine whether child soldiers should be treated as victims or predators. Some say if a child soldier is considered too young to fight then‚ he or she should be too young to be held criminally responsible for serious violations. Child soldiers lack the mental maturity to fully understand the implications of their actions. Young children play an active part in conflicts around the world. The children face injury and death many are sexually abused. Those who do

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    the rest of his life? Many are now asking themselves‚ should child soldiers be given amnesty or should they be prosecuted? This debate‚ on the issue of child soldiers‚ has been going on for a while now. Child soldiers are children in war under the age of 18. This means some

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    Should Child Soldiers be prosecuted? By:Alizey Solis Period:7 Why are child soldiers forced to do things they aren’t supposed to do? These children are putting themselves at risk in the future but it’s not entirely their fault. Have you ever felt the guilt and pain they were going through during this time? Children are taken from anywhere (innocent children) taken from their families‚ and are turned into fighters but different armies.Because of this people are trying to prosecute these children

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