Wikipedia contains plenty of information on child soldiers. However, it is not 100% reliable. Although Wikpedia has information cited, they information posted is anonymous. Therefore, we do not know anything about the poster, the poster’s background, and the poster’s view (how biased he or she is). In other words, the poster could be posting information only based on his or her perspective. Therefore, it is not 100% reliable. Under my search, there is much information. However, there is one thing that got my attention. The section titled. “International Law.” The Law states that no children under that age of 15 are to participate in warfare. However, if it is an international law, internally, all the countries are supposed to go under this law. But there are still many child soldiers today. Moreover, there are some children that want to participate in warfare. How is the law going to stop that is the country doesn’t? Countries that use child soldiers today are Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe, and surprisingly North America. However, as noted above, this is wikipedia. Therefore, all the information can not be trusted. But there is still a degree of accurate information. There is a lot of information on Wikipedia, and as students, everybody probably used wikipedia once. It gives specific detailed information on the topic. However, wikipedia is an American site. Therefore, wouldn’t all the posting favor America? In conclusion, although wikipedia is not 100% reliable, I think that there is a degree of accuracy.
"Military use of children." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 2 Sep 2008, 07:59 UTC. 7 Sep 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phptitle=Military_use_of_children&oldid=235768810>.
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