Child soldiers in Afghanistan will make your heart hurt

Well, everyone, this is the way things are now. Did you know that? Were you prepared to see a video of small children firing guns and presumably being indoctrinated to kill other human beings before they've reached adolescence, because that is what the world is coming to now? Do you feel that heaviness around the "caring" parts of your heart (the cockles, we believe)? You should, because this is happening right now, in the world we all live in and share. Instead of eating dirt and skinning knees and running around with the energy of a thousand suns and generally being children, these kids are shooting guns to prepare to hurt and possibly kill other human beings. Long sigh.