Infinite MonkeysI'm no fan of international courts, but it's a welcome change to see even a condemnation, let alone action taken, against the vile filth that forces children, often through the most brutal acts and poisonous lies, into military service. No, "military service" is far too civil a term. These child "soldiers" are typically either manipulated into brainwashed fodder, or dehumanized robots of slaughter. Often drugs and assertions that magical powers will protect them from enemy bullets are all these children lean on to cloud the fact that they are in a kill-or-be-killed-by-your-commander situation.
I honestly can't write too much about this. I don't mean that rhetorically. I mean, if I write much more about this, or research many links, trying to find documentaries I've seen in the last 6 or 7 years, books I've read, etc. it will simply devour me. It is a topic of evil on a gut wrenching scale. It honestly overwhelms me. Covering this subject in any depth, I risk a slide back into the clinical depression that has haunted my life. Weak as that may sound, it is the truth, and I owe it to my wife, my own kids, and the others I serve, not to become emotionally and spiritually disabled.
There's just so much out there.
May I, and so many of the victims of such abuse in this fallen world, find comfort at the throne of God.
Posted by Brad at June 21, 2007 11:28 AMI agree about the level of evil in things like this - there is so much of it out there and so much that we cannot change and the victims WILL find comfort at the throne of God. I have been a police officer for 27 years including 8 years in homicide investigations in a mid-size city and the only answer I can come up with to keep me sane is to change the things in front of me that I can change, defend the widows, orphans, and weak whenever I get the opportunity, and pray earnestly for those things beyond my control. We change the world one person at a time through love and courage just like Jesus commanded us to. Thanks for caring.
Posted by: David at June 22, 2007 07:24 PM