Courtney Gaston
August 28th, 2012 8:43pm
"Child fighter with AK-47..."
Young children around the world grow up admiring action figures and television heroes that use violence and weapons as a form of action and entertainment. For children on the Syria border violence and weapons are not for entertainment purposes but a way of life and survival. 8 year old, Khidir from Lebanon, carries weapons that most people around the world only see on television. Khidir carries around an AK-47 when he walks through the streets of Lebanon for protection for not only himself but also for his family. He and is family are living day after day in live war zone that has been going on for generations. Gun shots and violence goes on violently everyday as two groups are constantly fighting in the streets. The neighborhoods are not safe even in the privacy of homes, Khidir's mother was shot by a stray bullet, while standing on their porch holding her daughter, where she thought was a safe place. The fighting has gotten so out of hand that there is really no safe place anymore. The result of this fighting has forced children to carry guns and kill for their own protection. Parents are teaching their children at a young age how to shoot and carry weapons and this has caused a trend among the children of Lebanon. It is cool for the children to walk down the street with weapons bigger than them. The war and violence going on in these countries are causing more damage than just causalities but it is corrupting children's minds and forming an endless lifestyle of violence that seems like it will never end.
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=wo_c1#/video/world/2012/08/27/pkg-damon-child-fighter-on-syria-lebanon-border.cnn
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