I wrote this until blue in the face. Root word is
INFANT. Infantry. INFANTry. Babies.
The youngest, most inexperienced, most naive, and most recruited by leadership and rich and powerful to offer themselve to die for the cause. Sons of the poor. Sons of the masses.
Is it any different if the leader is a mullah?
If the recruit who dies for the cause is whisked away to paradise forever, to live with Jesus, or to have 72 virgins to enjoy forever, why aren't the old men promising this sh!t standing first in line to get there?
Is it perhaps they know it isn't true? Or they're unsure if it's true, and don't want to take the risk? So they let somebody else's kid take the risk.
I hope humanity is catching on. But I have my doubts.