The UN report calls this the darkest chapter. That is too much credit to give the situation. It is simply the logical conclusion of global instability. National military and security forces are the primary perpetrators. They are not accidental actors. They are the architects of this wreckage.

The machinery of war is working as intended. It processes the young into statistics. These are the standard methods for this era.

• Killing and maiming children.
• Forced recruitment into armed groups.
• Systematic sexual violence.
• Abduction and displacement.

There is no way to fix this. The systems that govern our world depend on this level of destruction. We are just watching the numbers climb until there is nothing left to count.