Americans simply want to adopt children, with Russia being a significant provider. Russia could decide to cease being a provider, which would be a blow to any number of American couples currently in the process of adopting. As such, no purpose is served by antagonizing Russia over this issue.
It's a sad situation. But regardless of the child's issues, I think reasonable person will agree that putting a child you legally adopted on a plane by himself to travel halfway around the world with a note saying “I don't want him,” after having had him for only seven months, is inappropriate. I think the world respects the United States State Department for acknowledging that more than it would belligerence over the indefensible act of a single citizen.
Right now the Russian media is in full propaganda mode. I personally understand how for the Americans this is a non-issue. The Americans are above this pettiness - they have integrity. However - it is like refusing to understand that you are at war with the enemy when the enemy is at war with you. And Russia is no friend - only Obama believes that.
If it had been a Russian who adopted an American child only to dump him back in America, I suspect there would be a huge outcry to end adoptions to Russia.
The fact that the woman sent him to a man she knew nothing about for $200 is a very real concern. He could have been a child pornographer or a pedophile.
It is my understanding that she paid someone from Russia to escort the child back. That person took the money and left a note on the boy. I could be mistaken, but it sounds a bit more reasonable. Did the Russians send him here the same way?
Easy solution, have Obama fly back from Russia..
Since the little angel was reported to have tried to set the house on fire and also made contant death threats, then what was she to do?
Let him kill them or send him away. She wasn’t getting any help here in the US.
Too many here jump on the media bandwagon without the facts and go with the flow.