The Taliban"s usage of child suicide bombers in this video cannot be excused by any moral relativism

War is a terrifying thing. Not only do the ones in battle get involved, an entire nation or ones who follow the beliefs of the ones in combat. I believe that child bombers are a sick aspect of war and I think it is inexcuseable. The act of strapping a bomb on a child"s body to go kill other"s is a mentally sick idea. I think that most of the children who have bombs attached to themselves have no idea what they are actually doing. The Taliban taught them that they will die and you will stay alive. (13:14) They are told that they have to carry secret documents, not a bomb. Once the child bomber knows that they are not at risk they may feel better about the situation. Young boys also aspire to be macho and respected as a figure of authority even though they are so young, so this task gives them a sense of manhood. By having them being asked to do something with great responsibility and for their people they may do it just to prove that they're a man. If 80% of all suicide attacks are by children it almost makes it seem O.K. to have them be doing this. The mindset of a child is to try and fit in, if everyone is doing suicide bombings, shouldn't you be doing it too? These aren't the things youth should be taught how to do. They choose the ones who are not educated in religion because they wouldn't commit these acts if they were. (15:30) It is immoral to take advantage of these young minds. These minds should be fully educated in the prevention of such awful acts. Lying to a child that they will live and the bomb goes off in the other direction is so terribly cruel. (16:10) After 9/11 happened we were taught how violence is wrong and how we should have pride in our nation. We wrote letters to soldiers thanking them for keeping us safe and fighting for us. What these teenagers are being trained to do is to commit suicide in order to go to paradise (17:02). They are going against their religion to kill others and to do better for their country. It goes to show that religion can be outweighed by other ideas. It took one of the bombers to get arrested for him to realize how wrong it was for him to do what he was about to do. (17:52) If he wasn't arrested he most likely would have done it anyway. It is immoral to harm someone else for your own good. Youth should not be involved in war because the things they are being taught will only make them a more violent person. They are molding those teenagers to be just like the ones who trained them. They are throwing out their religious values and killing others instead. Why is it that religion goes out the door when it has to do with money and power? Why do people forget their moral values that they were raised on and turn to violence? People were writing their god's name on toilet paper (18:37). There are hundreds of classes filled with boys who learn how to be suicide bombers. What would their life be if they valued education? Instead of learning how to kill people, they can learn how to write and read and be something more than a murder. They have a fogged vision of what will happen to them after they blow themselves up. Their Taliban teachers tell them that they will go to paradise and have a better life there. There are many different religions who have beliefs in afterlife but is this an appropriate way to get to that afterlife? To kill other people so you can be "guaranteed" happiness and peace after death? The Taliban leaders even know what they are doing is wrong. One of the heads of the Taliban said when he was asked about his views on teen suicide bombings, "When I look up there's a tiger sitting, when I look down there is a river flowing."(22:17) In other words, he wants to keep his feelings a secret. We know deep down that he knows it is wrong, but is trying to save face . Should the Taliban leaders feel any sort of guilt for what they are doing? If they believe so fondly in it, and want to make it to "paradise", why don't they just do the bombings themselves? What they are doing to the youth is immoral.