Back to Politics, with an emphasis on whining

The Arabs are now at Civil War soldier age of 14. Though, in another report (from AP), The boy was reported as age 16, though has the intelligence of a 12-year old. So, I had an online conversation which ended with a comment somewhere along the lines of, Americans used to use 14 year olds in the civil war, and that was OK. But, apparently the 11-year old doing the suicide bombing was wrong. So, a line was drawn, but where it was. So, the Arabs are still using kids, but its 14 year olds. Where do you draw the line? And, don't cop out by saying that nobody should be suicide bombing because that is way besides the point (though it is a point I agree with).