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My first experience learning about Operation Babylift was being traumatized by the Christmas episode of Hey Arnold. It's a fascinating situation, saving babies

My first experience learning about Operation Babylift was being traumatized by the Christmas episode of Hey Arnold. It's a fascinating situation, saving babies that have no parents because of your actions as a country. I don't like that this article was written in such a negative light. I am sure there were terrible situations, but also, you simply wouldn't be writing about a Vietnamese orphan that died on the street without ever being sent to adoptive parents. It feels a bit biased to treat this as an overall negative action by the US. I have met several Babylift adoptees living in SF, and I think they would voice dissenting opinions.

huhkerrf 2y ago
My wife and I looked a lot into adopting, and this is a really common thing. You have adoptees who didn't have a great life and they are, justifiably, upset. But the problem is that you aren't hearing from the ones who are happy or just neutral about being adopted. So if you go to reddit, you'll hear a lot about the evils of adoption, and you won't hear anyone saying it was a positive outcome. I'd be lying if I said it didn't influence us at all about adoption. In the end, we didn't feel we had the means to adopt and my company ended its adoption benefit, so it wasn't the only reason.
bernhart 2y ago
Adopting in this context does not have positive light. The kids in question got their parents taken away violently, their identity erased. Were taken back to the country that orphaned them and raised as Americans, then they get their families and identity taken away for a second time, It’s not possible to separate the adoption from all of the context above.
riehwvfbk 2y ago
Remember kids: when Russia evacuates kids from a war zone it created - that's a war crime, and we put out an international warrant for their president's arrest. When the USA does it - it's a humanitarian operation.

huhkerrf 2y ago

My wife and I looked a lot into adopting, and this is a really common thing. You have adoptees who didn't have a great life and they are, justifiably, upset. But the problem is that you aren't hearing from the ones who are happy or just neutral about being adopted. So if you go to reddit, you'll hear a lot about the evils of adoption, and you won't hear anyone saying it was a positive outcome. I'd be lying if I said it didn't influence us at all about adoption. In the end, we didn't feel we had the means to adopt and my company ended its adoption benefit, so it wasn't the only reason.

bernhart 2y ago

Adopting in this context does not have positive light. The kids in question got their parents taken away violently, their identity erased. Were taken back to the country that orphaned them and raised as Americans, then they get their families and identity taken away for a second time, It’s not possible to separate the adoption from all of the context above.

riehwvfbk 2y ago

Remember kids: when Russia evacuates kids from a war zone it created - that's a war crime, and we put out an international warrant for their president's arrest. When the USA does it - it's a humanitarian operation.