“I thought of leaving [the fighting] a lot,” said Saleh, 17, one of the recruits. “I lost my studies, I lost my future, I lost everything. I looked for work, but there’s no work. This is the most difficult period for me.” Russia TimesThe Ghost has said repeatedly that a man without a purpose, work, education or attachment to family is a danger. A community full of such men is a bomb waiting to go off. When we steal the childhood of our children we steal our own legacy.