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Child Soldiers in Uganda

            "Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds of adults", Olara Otunnu .
             In the country of Uganda lies terror in the mind of many children. Many people are unaware of the inhumane and wretched experiences that happen in Uganda, how families are not able to sleep peacefully at night because of unwanted attacks from rebels that torture and abduct the children. These children are then forced to be placed into an army, compromised of mostly children that radically change who they become. Like the quote from Olara Otunnu, children are used as objects to represent what certain adults feel towards their civilization. Research confirms that it is psychologically immoral to have child soldiers in Uganda because of the behavioral and emotional disorders that arise from dealing with such inhumane experiences.
             Known to be one of the worse humanitarian crises since World War II, the epidemic in Uganda began over twenty years ago. This came about due to a man name Joseph Kony and his ideology of establishing a government that was based on the Ten Commandments. He believed with a large enough army; he would be able to overthrow the current system that resides in Uganda today. One usually associates the idea of an army with adults; men and women that usually voluntary commit to serve their country for a certain amount of time. Kony believed he represented the people of Uganda, the Alcholi people, but his support dwindled and people ceased to join his army. Kony was influenced by the idea of using children in this army, convinced that the young were easily influenced and brainwashed in addition to being convenient and cheaper to provide resources. .
             Twenty years ago child abductions began among villages by rebels to in attempts to building Kony's revolution in what became to be known as the Lord's Resistance Army.
            
            
            
            
            


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