09/01/2008

Britain only country that recruits children

Playing Soldier
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
Meanwhile, back at the British Army website 'Camouflage', you can play the videogame 'Hostile Territory', where "you are an elite soldier on a dangerous ...
See all stories on this topic
Britain is the only European country which recruits youngsters into the armed forces from the age of 16, an age at which they still can not legally drink alcohol or vote. Not too young to be trained to kill, however, although not deployed on operations until they are 18.
Youngsters 'wooed for warfare by the Army'
Daily Mail, UK - 6 Jan 2008
Children as young as seven are being groomed for recruitment by the Army, which gives a "glamorised" and "gamelike" view of warfare, it has been claimed. ...

No comments: