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Originally Posted by Oregon Elephant
They are not nessicarily soldiers of tomorrow, there are a lot of possibilities and unknowns, the government can change, they could leave the country. If you're fighting with them, I'd assume that means you're at war with them, so hopefully the war won't last so long that multiple generations fight. The point is, that there are so many uncertainties, that even though they have that policy, you don't know if that child will actually fight, no more than you can tell if that child would sign up for a volunteer military.
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Very good   You have basically covered my original position (though XJoe has raised new considerations with elderly and the disabled). They may even become deserters or double agents that aid your cause.
Maybe another consideration could be that there could be asylum seekers and immigrants who have not served (unless it is mandatory that they should) and so any mass bombing or strikes in public could hit these probable innocents also.
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