Drafting Kids for War

[Essy Nma]

It's not okay to draft kids to war because they are under-experienced. If given the power, a won't encourage such a thing.

[Aditya_khadanga]

I might offend a few people but if there's a war then it's inevitable that it'll reach you. So if you're given the chance to die fighting then take it, cause it's better than dying without trying.

[Eruore Ekpoh]

If I had the power, I would end this menace. I believe drafting children for war is very wrong. Children are not mature enough nor prepared to face such brutality and bloodshed.

[Flora Posh]

Kids should simply be what they are, growing up happy and away from strife. Drafting kids for war is completely wrong in all ramifications and should not even be questioned as justifiable in any way. if I had the power, I would stop the menace.

[Mimi Frawley]

The thought of this is just downright scary. Not anywhere near developmentally able to handle the traumas involved.

[LS Daniyal]

If I had the power there won't even be war. I mean, what happened to dialogues and negotiations? Children should under no circumstance be involved in fighting. It is the adults' job to guide and protect children, not have them fight wars caused by them.

[Fams Pee]

I think this is a horrible thing to do, but if the need calls for it. It should be the last resort; no responsible government should be willing to give their future generation guns and bombs.

[princejal]

While I understand the need for a country to have a standing army to be able to defend themselves, I believe the draft should only be for adults. Teenagers are at a point in their lives where they become shaped into the man they'll be for the rest of their lives. If they are dropped into war and death and pain, their minds will be irrevocably changed by these experiences and a lot of them will be unable to function properly.

[srkilgour]

Just curious what the solution would be for all the people saying absolutely not. Do I think war is good or we should be sending anyone into a situation that they did not create? Absolutely not, but sometimes war is a necessary evil. If we are not sending young adults (not talking teenagers but 18+), who are the healthiest and strongest age group, who would we be sending to defend us, because at some point especially during a war there aren't going to be enough people volunteering?

[Julia_Review]

Kids don't understand what war is or what it is for. They should not be part of it.

[Joyce Nwaogazie]

If I were bestowed with this power, I would stop kids from getting drafted to war. They are inexperienced in the act of war. And sending them to fight is unjustifiable and a massive unfairness to their families and loved ones.

[Fred Dauda]

If I had the power, I would put a stop that that disturbing menace and trend. Kids are not supposed to fight in wars at all.

[Jennifer-Annie Abdul]

That move beyond the status quo to draft kids for war is evil and wrong on a thousand levels. It is unjustifiable. I would end the menace if I could.

[Hughes Davidson]

I end the menace, lock it up in a copper casket, dump it in the deepest part of the sea, and shred the map to that area. This needs to stop. Allow kids to be kids.

[Sharill Rasowo]

Drafting children for war is reprehensible. I do not think that the number of adults could be so few as to warrant traumatizing children like that. The adults started the war so they should personally fight it. It seems like passing the buck to draft kids.