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.
could be seen as international child abduction.
“Could be”??? Having read the article and the linked article I can’t imagine any metric by which this is anything other than an international child abduction.
He literally kidnapped her from the family members who were raising her.
Edit: and for anyone who had reservations about her going back to Afghanistan, that’s not at issue here as her real family are now in the US as well.
“Could be” is journo speak for they don’t want to get sued. That’s why they use wishy-washy milquetoast language for everything.
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.
