300,000 Children Soldiers world wide Learn to Kill in training centers diguised as Schools

masmdu

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Fri May-20-11 08:33 AM
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300,000 Children Soldiers world wide Learn to Kill in training centers diguised as Schools

I learned this by watching this video: War School

http://vimeo.com/6141349

Of course, this is not representative of the actual schools or the typical child soldier but by presenting the information in a more familiar way the situation becomes more actual to the viewer.

Anyway, I found it powerful and thought others might be interested.

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Bragi

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Fri May-20-11 08:36 AM
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1. There are 30 military schools for children in the U.S /nt

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msongs

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Fri May-20-11 08:45 AM
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2. do prisons count as schools? we have SO many these days nt

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masmdu

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Fri May-20-11 08:48 AM
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3. Yes, but those kids are not soldiers made to fight while still children

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WatsonT

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Fri May-20-11 08:50 AM
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4. Not at all the same,

Come on, I know there is a strong desire among some people to lay in to the US after any story with "well we're the worst by far!" but really?

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