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Kim Keuroghlian Bringing Awareness Toward The Terrible Doctrine

Kim Keuroghlian states “It is immoral that adults should want children to fight their wars for them…There is simply no excuse, its not an acceptable argument for arming children

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Kim Keuroghlian Bringing Awareness Toward The Terrible Doctrine

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  1. Kim KeuroghlianBringing Awareness Toward The Terrible Doctrine

  2. Kim Keuroghlian Bringing Awareness Toward The Terrible Doctrine • Kim Keuroghlianstates “It is immoral that adults should want children to fight their wars for them…There is simply no excuse, its not an acceptable argument for arming children.” There can be no moral excuse, but the dark reality is that this terrible practice continues apace. • Therefore, all G20 governments must support all local, regional, and international efforts that seek to end this terrible doctrine Kim Keuroghlian states.

  3. Kim Keuroghlian Seek to Demobilize The Doctrine • These include 1) criminalizing the practice by prosecuting those leaders who abuse children in this way, 2) taking the profits out of the practice by sanctioning any who trade with child-soldier groups, 3) providing aid to programs which seek to demobilize and rehabilitate former child soldiers, and 4) helping to curb the spread of illegal small arms to rebel and terrorist groups who bring children into the realm of war. • Supporting such efforts is not simply the moral thing to do, but is also in the interest of all governments, for the doctrine’s spread can only have negative harms on all conflicts and regions Kim Keuroghlian states.

  4. Kim Keuroghlian Experienced The Harsh Reality Of Today • Kim Keuroghlian is telling us; at the same time though, the hard reality is that experienced soldiers must be trained and prepared for what to do in the eventualities in which they do come face to face with child soldiers. Indeed, in one of the first Western military engagements with child soldiers, the results were not so optimal. • In late 2000, a patrol of British Army soldiers operating in Sierra Leone was surrounded by a rogue militia, mainly made up of children. The entire unit was taken hostage when its squad commander reportedly refused to open fire on what he described as “children armed with AK-47s.” A few weeks later, British special forces had to launch a rescue assault. The battle left one British SAS trooper dead, scores wounded, and up to 150 enemy dead, including many children.

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