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Going to war isn't the right answer. I knew when I went to Egypt that I would be on my own in terms of getting out, and I did have contingency plans when things started going wrong. Egypt is not Saudi Arabia - I had pretty much free run of Cairo all day. If I had ever had to leave without being noticed I could have done so. I was NOT trapped in Egypt.

I was young and naive, and I had a good case of "can't happen to me syndrome" but I wasn't stupid! (OK maybe I was LOL)

I've said it many times - children are NOT a weapon. They are a gift from God and are to be loved and nurtured and taken proper care of - not pawns in some chess game because 2 people can't get along. I refuse to play that game. Ex has always had the ability to see our daughter. He has chosen not to. That's his loss.

But no I would NOT have expected the marines to come in and pluck us out of Cairo.

The Sarah Saga is different - she was taken to Saudi as a child, and somehow still managed to retain her sense of American identity. I don't blame her - I wouldn't leave my children either. I think she deserves our government to go to at least the same lengths the Cuban government did to get Elian Gonzalez back to his father.

But war - nope.

I don't think it would even take a war to get people like this woman home. I think it would only take the American Embassies sending home people in her situation who want to go home and letting her children come with her. If he wants the kids back, then he can go through our legal system to get visitation rights like the other parents here do.