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
I would say the scale and industrialization that the Russians are doing it at makes some difference, but on an individual level, it’s the same. Hopefully with enough public pressure, the us military will fix it. I doubt the brass is happy with this.
The difference is that while the Russian government is encouraging and legitimizing this kind of behavior, it’s so abnormal in the US that a single instance of it happening becomes a big legal fight and national news.
I would say the scale and industrialization that the Russians are doing it at makes some difference, but on an individual level, it’s the same. Hopefully with enough public pressure, the us military will fix it. I doubt the brass is happy with this.
The difference is that while the Russian government is encouraging and legitimizing this kind of behavior, it’s so abnormal in the US that a single instance of it happening becomes a big legal fight and national news.