1y ago

Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone

apnews.com Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone

The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that an American Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan was flawed and could be seen as international child abduction.

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If you just read the headline - read the article. From the headline you could assume that it might be some grey area thing - but based on the article "could be seen as abduction" is a very friendly phrase to describe what has happened.
- Jesus Christ.
  They literally stole a fucking baby.
  How the fuck is he not been imprisoned?
  
  Not just that he still has the child in his possesion! What the fuck!
  
  'Murica!
  
  They also submitted false documents they pretended were written by the Department of Defense. Surely that would normally warrant criminal charges.
  
  The question now becomes what is the best result for the baby?
  
  Not being left with their abductor.
  Hope that answers your question.
  
  Being raised by the blood family she already has who love and want her; or even just a family that doesn't lie and break the law in order to get their own way, would presumably be a good start.
  
  They didn't just lie and break the law. Mast used his privilege as a weapon to make sure him and his wife could illegally adopt this baby from a couple who had lost everything short of their lives. They had nothing and this scumbag wanted more.
  
  He and his wife have also changed the little girl's name to an American one. That's a sure indication they intend to disconnect her from her heritage. If they keep her there's a good chance she'd come to hate them as an adult if / when she finds out with they've done. Absolute psychopaths.
  
  To go back to her real family, obviously.
  Living with the kind of sociopath who steals children from their families and creates an extensive web of lies around it wouldn't be good for any child.
- I was not prepared for the deliberate manipulation that was done to get the child into his custody. I'd assumed she was already in his custody and there were people trying to get the custody from him. But no, she was in her biological family's custody and he tricked them into handing her over. This is straight up evil.
  Link to the rundown of what happened to get to this point

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