Reply #78: Yes, that's the point I was trying to make in post 2 [View All]

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

but you do a better job of it.

Obviously, 3- and 4-year olds are children. And 30-year olds are adults. 16- to 19-year olds? Well, it depends on your point of view, your agenda, what you're trying to accomplish by labeling them adults or children.

Same as other labels that can be applied to the 18-year-olds: rebel, freedom fighter, troublemaker, radical, hooligan, innocent civilian. Whoever is writing/publishing the story gets to use the description that suits their goals.

The article linked to in the OP says children are targeted. It seems like a meaningless statement without numbers, ages, and their relationship to the so-called rebel forces.

We got sucked into Iraq in 1991 with bogus stories of atrocities, which we lapped up with enthusiasm as we sent our troops to war. I just don't want to get fooled again by bad reporting.