what is the solution to the use of children soldiers in africa?
610132
peace is the only useful method to this ugly trouble.
385328
that's silly.  it's okay to allow them to be soldiers, i think; however, by no means should they be forced to be.  did you have to earn your citizenship this way?  of course not.  why should anyone else, then?\n\nmore problems:\n1) are you expecting all immigrant women to be soldiers?  the elderly?  children?  the disabled?  if they can't serve, are we to keep them out of the country?  hmm, that doesn't sound good.\n\n2) if someone is coming to america for political asylum, isn't there a reasonable chance that he or she believes in pacifism?  for instance, suppose a guy in sudan manages to get a visa to come to the u.s.  he's trying to escape the civil war of his country and wants to go somewhere where he can work in peace and raise a family.  surely you don't want to tell this guy to go back to sudan because he says he's seen enough killing and doesn't want to fight in any war.  you're ignoring why people immigrate to the u.s. when you make suggestions like this.\n\n3) what about people with families, young children, etc.?  surely you can't force them to spend their first five years of 'a better life' away from their families under circumstances where there is a good chance they could die.\n\nbasically your suggestion is ill-conceived garbage, probably fueled by underlying xenophobia.  get over it.
353493
Sounds like a good idea in theory, but here is the problem, there are so many wars in Africa, more than I can count. If you could get every war lord, every dictator, every ruler in Africa to stop fighting, than something like that could be done. But until then good luck.  The only thing you can do is local help in areas of Africa were there is no fighting or little fighting. However these are the places in Africa there are realatively well off.  The fact is WAR CAUSES POVERTY, therefore the more war there is the more poverty there is.
389604
Organize a protest and hit the streets.  The only way to support the troops is to prevent them from being sent to die in an elective war that can't be won on our own.
1056510
First of i would like to add one thing verbal abuse is pretty darn bad i know this first hand.\n\n\nI say rid any human that is mean and harms children with abuse build another Prison big enough to house them all strict sentence's without parole and appeal's.\n\nNow children are not big enough to take a hit from a grow up, if the people knew this laws was changed and they would face this new law maybe they would think before slugging it out with a child.\n\nPrisons or over populated and they come out as fast as they go in if we can feed other country's spend all that money fighting  other people's wars we could darn well build 500 ace'r prison to put these abuser's  where they belong.\n\nSure nobody will end that one person who lost their temper and hit a child to hard or even stop someone from ending their owe family's.\n\nBut you want a curb on abuse this way.
941151
People need to stop killing in the name of their god. Not only is war ravaging Africa but HIV/AIDS as well. The only way to stop it is to pray that the hearts of men change.
421015
yeah , first thing kill the dumbos who preach to the third world countries the birth control is wrong.Not one person is left out? Hoohoo Dodo, how we gonna feed the personell the military has right now? Great idea ,really great feed africa , let americans starve. Heres one from me "STOP SMOING DOPE" THE ATTACKS ON 9/11 COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH WITH ARMED SECURITY ON FLIGHT,
167109
Isolate them, specially their armed forces.  A hungry\n   army will not fight, no matter what.
170095
try the Red Cross, they are always in need of volunteers, or at an elementary school.  they always need help with the children.
702698
Stop for a moment & think. \n\nIt is for sure a good idea to increase what we spend on caring for the less poor& to decrease what we spend on wars.\n\nWars a useuly fought by those that want more of something for them selfs. (Money, power etc.) with little though as to what happens to the children. Those children that survive grow up & become fighters against those that fought against them.\n\nAnd the cycle goes on again.
1051796
this or any other community can also try thinking of saving innocent children being killed daily by Israeli army in the land occupied by them. These children many not have names like Harry or Kelly but their blood is also red and the tears their moms and families shed hurt equally bad. Malaria is also on the rise in Asian countries where poverty levels are rising, as in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India. Afghani children are not very important in the strategic decisions of Allied occupation army hence Malaria is not being given importance there. Why do we close our eyes and pick a problem which doesn't carry chances to pinch our conscience? No doubt that every thing must be done to save children in Africa but what about others who die daily? after all they are human? or do we think that a different faith makes them subhuman? This is begging. That's how many others view this approach of saving rhinoceros and killing with smart bombs at the same time.
306568
I don't know but aids and malaria are major problems in Africa so I would think there militarys would also have the same problems.\n\nand you do know Africa isn't a country right? your wording almost sounds like you think Africa has just one army.
896863
Your theory sounds perfectly reasonable. It's the sensible thing to do. But it's so much more difficult to pass judgement, once you have met a family in this situation. Nothing is ever black & white. I DO believe however, that the parents should have a huge say in how the doctors deal with resasitation, etc., especially if they want it all to stop.\n\nI also think, that the aid in Africa should be controlled, because an increase in population completely destroys the nature there and the consequence is that the Africans speed up the growth of the deserts and eliminate their food supplies for the future. So it's the logical thing to do, but hey, letting thousands of cute African babies die...? Catch 22 again.
798591
Usually in Africa...  But in Vietnam it was done when N Vietnam regimes pulled in. Did you ever hear of the killing fields?  Kids were massacring people after we pulled out of Vietnam.   Millions died.
258109
I've had some basic military training and I think that if I was on the streets on a patrol, I would not be totally alone. Because of this, my answer (thank god this is theoretical) would be to shoot the child as I would be saving the life of my entire squad. The answer would be the same If I was alone, as at that point it would be me or him. It might seem heartless, but that's the way most soldiers are trained. Wouldn't stop me having terrible nightmares etc though...
1171931
I think you are right. If a boy or a girl is old enough to go get killed in a war then they should be old enough to make that choice to. But then again you are talking about our government do they EVER do anything that makes any since??? NO their to stupid to do anything that makes since!!!
112867
none because little children in africa are being slaved to dig \nin diamond mines so that you can have your little spec of diamond. since they are 5-16 years old and hungry, they try to steal one little tiny piece, and when cought get their little arm cut off. \n\nI really hope you do not buy a diamond that is soiled in blood, do you?