They are being killed equally, if not more. There is evidence that “100,000 child soldiers die every year,” and “there are only around 350,000 child soldiers in the world” (“Scenarios-Child Soldiers: Invisible Children”). These children are set out to die and they do it to make their commanders happy. In Iran, children as young as 12 were used to clear minefields according to Jeffrey Gettleman’s “Armed and Underage.” One may ask why children would send themselves to die just to make their commander happy. Well this is not the only reason. The children are not doing it on their own will. In “Scenarios- Child Soldiers: Invisible Children,” the author states that child soldiers are given drugs and alcohol to make them easily
They are being killed equally, if not more. There is evidence that “100,000 child soldiers die every year,” and “there are only around 350,000 child soldiers in the world” (“Scenarios-Child Soldiers: Invisible Children”). These children are set out to die and they do it to make their commanders happy. In Iran, children as young as 12 were used to clear minefields according to Jeffrey Gettleman’s “Armed and Underage.” One may ask why children would send themselves to die just to make their commander happy. Well this is not the only reason. The children are not doing it on their own will. In “Scenarios- Child Soldiers: Invisible Children,” the author states that child soldiers are given drugs and alcohol to make them easily