From: "Bill Mattox" 

The dad never showed up. After four months, he went to Washington.

Any guess as to why?

"Tanj"  wrote in message
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> I think the Miami relatives and their advisors quite underestimated the
> logic most people have that when dad does show up, there is now no
remaining
> reason to hold the child.  They had some political advantage with
> unsympathetic characters like the grandmothers but people tire of the
> histrionics and they pushed their luck too far.  Since their main goal is
> the politics of it, they should have quit while they were ahead.
>
> Heck, if they gave the child to the father promptly upon arrival, they
might
> even as a family have had better prospects of future reconciliation, since
> Juan Miguel would have some reason to accept that they are trustworthy and
> well meaning.
>
> But if I were in his shoes now, any reason to trust them would have been
> removed.  They just did not know when to stop.  Quite possibly the family
> got locked into a situation where the circus around them really would not
> let them yield.
>
> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
> news:4pe9gsou65mt2gscobj66rkdm5420ffast{at}4ax.com...
> > Randall Parker wrote:
> >
> > >> I don't think this is going away.
> > >
> > >I do. I think people will forget about it in 6 months or sooner.
> >
> > Actually, I'm very surprised to find that many more people support the
> raid than
> > I anticipated.
> >
>
>

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