It’s interesting how often I hear this cited, the implication being that women and children under 18 couldn’t possibly be militants, which is not true. Also, that doesn’t fundamentally change the situation, but it does play for sympathy in the media. Evidently having a penis and being fully grown makes one less worthy of sympathy.
70%+ are kids and women. Don’t underplay this.
It’s interesting how often I hear this cited, the implication being that women and children under 18 couldn’t possibly be militants, which is not true. Also, that doesn’t fundamentally change the situation, but it does play for sympathy in the media. Evidently having a penis and being fully grown makes one less worthy of sympathy.