tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10227156.post114289170761317992..comments2023-07-29T03:49:59.079-06:00Comments on The Beaver: Lettre a un jeune soldat / Letter to a young soldierBeaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12285054668207096184noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10227156.post-1143286631743983152006-03-25T05:37:00.000-06:002006-03-25T05:37:00.000-06:00Salt Water, I did not take this picture. In fact,...<STRONG>Salt Water,</STRONG> <BR/><BR/>I did not take this picture. In fact, in my post I am giving credit discreetly to the WCC, a peace building association dedicated to disarmement. *there's a link if you're interested in theur work*<BR/><BR/>There are no child soldiers in Liberia anymore. The cease fire happened 2 years ago. In fact, Monrovia is rather peaceful at the moment. Let's home that this precarious balance settles into long-lasting peace.<BR/><BR/>No worried man, my heart is safe!<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/><BR/>Beav'Beaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285054668207096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10227156.post-1143275466617020162006-03-25T02:31:00.000-06:002006-03-25T02:31:00.000-06:00I hope it's not so common that you took this soldi...I hope it's not so common that you took this soldier boy picture yourself. It is probably too personal for a public blog, but I wonder what is happening to your kind and gentle heart as it encounters the cruelty of this otherwise beautiful world.Salt Waterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512107848329269954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10227156.post-1142948268781564352006-03-21T07:37:00.000-06:002006-03-21T07:37:00.000-06:00Saur, your research is correct, though I wonder if...<STRONG>Saur</STRONG>, your research is correct, though I wonder if you weren't reading up on Sierra Leone. Diamond exploitation in Liberia is still birthing, as the last 20 years of war have hampered foreign efforts to dig'em up. <BR/><BR/>Here in Liberia it was very common to see child soldiers during the war. As I understand the Liberian war, it was mostly about ownership of the power structure: pro-con Charles Taylor... <BR/><BR/>I would agree with you though, these kids are forced into become child soldiers and subjected to horrible treatments. In Sierra Leone, families were slaughtered for their boypower when the father refused to join the rebels. It may very well have happened here too.<BR/><BR/>I merely wanted to remind us all that these CHILDREN are still kids. And that indeed, they do hold the future.Beaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285054668207096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10227156.post-1142946868431811202006-03-21T07:14:00.000-06:002006-03-21T07:14:00.000-06:00It's very sad to see children conscripted into the...It's very sad to see children conscripted into the military. I read up on it while researching blood diamonds for a post I did, and felt keenly the horrible sadness of it.<BR/><BR/>But these kids are kidnapped by their captors and subjected to atrocities and terrors that force them to choose. And to stay sane, they must justify what they've chosen in their heads. So they become what kidnapped and conscripted them, and the cycle continues.Saur♥Krauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160101729455178399noreply@blogger.com