My stepfather sent me a link to a discussion that was held on NPR that just finished, about the Vietnam War Orphan Lift, of which my husband was part. The view they took was, we shouldn't have taken the children out of the country because it was hysterical. That a child will be happier and better adjusted in the nation of their birth because they grow up with their own families and their own culture.
I know that some people are defined by their adoption, but my husband is the opposite. He is defined by the people who raised him, and not the fact that they aren't genetically linked. It irritates me that they put such a negative spin on the adtoption of these children, and makes it sound as though the US practically stole them out of the arms of unwilling mothers.
So, what's your stance? Do you think that children in a war torn country should have absolute proof that there is not a single relative that will/can take them in, or, in the absence of parents, should they be allowed to be given up for adoption? Should children be allowed to grow up in poverty and want because that's where they were born?