Orphans and guns

In my reading about the American occupation of Korea. The author called it "militarized humanitarianism." The American efforts were aimed to improve the US image after the war. The Americans were part of the destruction, but helped to rebuild Korea. One of the observations involved the giving of guns to the children at Christmas. Since the author takes a feminist view, guns would be considered a negative. I myself grew up with guns and served in the military. For me it seems normal for boys to play with guns. Even if they did not have toys they would use sticks. It would be natural for military men to put the Korean orphans in uniforms and give them toy guns. Whether it is right or not would depend on the one judging. With all the media such as movies and TV, the use of guns and violence is very prevalent. The author negatively criticizes the US Army for exploiting the Korean boys. Since they were military it would be expected that they would take this approach.