Comments on: Bring Sean Home—The Forgotten Story http://themoderatevoice.com/45807/bring-sean-home-the-forgotten-story/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Tweets that mention Bring Sean Home—The Forgotten Story | The Moderate Voice -- Topsy.com http://themoderatevoice.com/45807/bring-sean-home-the-forgotten-story/comment-page-1/#comment-212947 Tweets that mention Bring Sean Home—The Forgotten Story | The Moderate Voice -- Topsy.com Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:44:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=45807#comment-212947 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Flavia Caldas. Flavia Caldas said: I feel the same way. Great post by Dorian De Wind at The Moderate Voice. http://bit.ly/4a3CGU Thanks, @todayshow #BringSeanHome [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Flavia Caldas. Flavia Caldas said: I feel the same way. Great post by Dorian De Wind at The Moderate Voice. http://bit.ly/4a3CGU Thanks, @todayshow #BringSeanHome [...]

]]> By: D. E.Rodriguez http://themoderatevoice.com/45807/bring-sean-home-the-forgotten-story/comment-page-1/#comment-212874 D. E.Rodriguez Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:04:24 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=45807#comment-212874 Have to agree with you on a lot of this, Kathy. It is sad that often economic, political, strategic issues and factors trump principles and what's the right thing to do.<br><br>On this one, I am hopeful that international law, human decency and other pressures (e.g. there is legislation being introduced in Congress to address exactly such outrages) will pevail.<br><br>Thanks<br><br><br>Dorian<br><br>P.S. and it is not just Brazil. The statistics on international parental kidnapping are staggering Have to agree with you on a lot of this, Kathy. It is sad that often economic, political, strategic issues and factors trump principles and what's the right thing to do.

On this one, I am hopeful that international law, human decency and other pressures (e.g. there is legislation being introduced in Congress to address exactly such outrages) will pevail.

Thanks

Dorian

P.S. and it is not just Brazil. The statistics on international parental kidnapping are staggering

]]> By: kathykattenburg http://themoderatevoice.com/45807/bring-sean-home-the-forgotten-story/comment-page-1/#comment-212819 kathykattenburg Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:41:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=45807#comment-212819 Dorian, thank YOU, too, for helping us not to forget this heartbreaking story. Sean's father is right about the outrage of the U.S. government being able to get two adult journalists out of hostile North Korea, and not be able to do the same with a nine-year-old boy being held in captivity in a friendly country. However, I submit to you that it is not an issue of competence or ability -- it's an issue of will. And I submit to you, further, that it is precisely <b>because</b> Brazil and the U.S. have friendly relations, added to the fact that Brazil has offshore oil reserves, that keeps Sean from being reunited with his father. The U.S. has a lot to lose by pissing off the Brazilian government and/or its most powerful and wealthy families, which are probably more or less the same thing (as they are here as well). Dorian, thank YOU, too, for helping us not to forget this heartbreaking story. Sean's father is right about the outrage of the U.S. government being able to get two adult journalists out of hostile North Korea, and not be able to do the same with a nine-year-old boy being held in captivity in a friendly country. However, I submit to you that it is not an issue of competence or ability — it's an issue of will. And I submit to you, further, that it is precisely because Brazil and the U.S. have friendly relations, added to the fact that Brazil has offshore oil reserves, that keeps Sean from being reunited with his father. The U.S. has a lot to lose by pissing off the Brazilian government and/or its most powerful and wealthy families, which are probably more or less the same thing (as they are here as well).

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