Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stealing a baby at a refugee camp is wild even for this country. The fact that the Marines are cool with this, and did nothing to punish Mast for taking the baby, despite saying he acted with conduct unbecoming to a Marine is even crazier.

Taking a baby in the country where you're not a citizen and refusing to return it, just makes others abroad more vulnerable to harm.

The Masts are Evangelical Christian. They believe God wanted them to save this child from Afghanistan (and Hell, presumably). In fact they've gotten a lot of lobbying and support from Evangelical Christian networks, which is what made this sleazy adoption possible.

Mast is a military lawyer, so he knew what he was doing was against international law and knew he was misleading his chain of command and improperly using his position and influence. He knew that the VA court was his best chance because they rubber-stamp adoptions all the time, and he knows adoptions are seldom overturned in VA. He venue shopped to make it harder for the Afghan family to get their child back.

And the Marines didn't even slap him on the wrist.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

Oh so the Afghan baby stolen by the white evangelical couple is light skinned with blond hair and light colored eyes? Quelle surprise.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This story makes me very sad for the child. I know the Masts think they are doing the right thing, but I hope the courts get it straightened out and return the child to the relatives.

I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it.

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

Anonymous wrote:^^ I think this is part of why the Masts are moving to unmask the couple. The couple got protection on the grounds that the Taliban might go after their family remaining in Afghanistan, but there's no reason to think that's true at all; the Taliban has supported their claim to the child (really, they've unsurprisingly rejected US interference in the case) and they left Afghanistan for medical care, not to flee the Taliban. I think the Masts think if their identity comes out people will come forward with evidence that they are not actually blood-related to the girl.

Anonymous wrote:How do the people who are posting here want this story to end?
With the kid in foster care and being taken in by cos, with some distant relative from Afghanistan living in Texas, or being sent back?

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

Anonymous wrote:^^ I think this is part of why the Masts are moving to unmask the couple. The couple got protection on the grounds that the Taliban might go after their family remaining in Afghanistan, but there's no reason to think that's true at all; the Taliban has supported their claim to the child (really, they've unsurprisingly rejected US interference in the case) and they left Afghanistan for medical care, not to flee the Taliban. I think the Masts think if their identity comes out people will come forward with evidence that they are not actually blood-related to the girl.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They shouldn’t have done all that but can we agree it is better for the baby to grow up in the U.S. than Afghanistan? Especially a girl

How is life in Afghanistan relevant. One couple is in VA, and one in TX.

NP. What the VA couple did is wrong, since it sounds like they lied to get what they wanted. It also sounds like the Afghan couple would still be in Afghanistan if Mast hadn’t asked for them to he added to the list.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They shouldn’t have done all that but can we agree it is better for the baby to grow up in the U.S. than Afghanistan? Especially a girl

How is life in Afghanistan relevant. One couple is in VA, and one in TX.