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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

No child, happy or otherwise, legally becomes a soldier.

https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/six-grave-violations/child-soldiers/

"Human rights law declares 18 as the minimum legal age for recruitment and use of children in hostilities. Recruiting and using children under the age of 15 as soldiers is prohibited under international humanitarian law – treaty and custom – and is defined as a war crime by the International Criminal Court. Parties to conflict that recruit and use children are listed by the Secretary-General in the annexes of his annual report on children and armed conflict."

[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

You're not saying anything wrong. You'll get no argument from me if you say child soldiers are bad.You're just sidestepping my point. Which is that the existence of child soldiers is due to the inhumane conditions foreign powers like the US have created in that part of the world.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

No, the existence of child soldiers is due to illegal indoctrination and recruitment efforts. That's the entire purpose of thoe Jihadi "schools" run by the Houthi.

https://www.memri.org/reports/houthi-summer-camps-children-teach-jihad-sake-allah-hatred-west

https://sanaacenter.org/ypf/curriculum-changes-to-mold-the-jihadis-of-tomorrow/

Kids aren't signing up for this, they're bullied and brainwashed into it, and any legitimate military force would reject them.

this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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