Interesting conundrum...

This article states that the phone number used to report the Polygamy abuse in Texas belongs (or belonged) to a woman in Colorado who was earlier charged with reporting a fradulent claim but was released. Authorities also found several items suggesting a connection between the woman and the polygamest sect.

So lets assume for a moment that the woman was supposed to be the 16 year old victim who claimed she was being abused in Texas. Wouldn't this mean that law enforcement invaded the compound under false pretenses - more on this in a minute?

Don't get me wrong, I AM TOTALLY AGAINST CHILD ABUSE AND ABUSE OF ANY KIND, but from my understanding there was only one complaint of abuse and the person who was supposedly abusing the 16 year old girl has not been charged only questioned. It wasn't until after the authorities invaded the compound did they discover additional situations of abuse.

I personally believe that polygamy is wrong, that child abuse is wrong, and that if abuse was occuring, which it was, that people should be prosecuted and serve prison time. But as the events unfold, it is starting to look more and more like one of those "Law and Order" episodes where the accused gets off because of screwups on the part of the Police and/or DA - it would be ashame and could also make it more difficult for the authorities to investigate alligations in the future.

What is also equally disturbing is that Texas DHS (Department of human services) has removed 400+ children from their mothers. I can't imagine that all 400+ children were abused to the point that they needed to be separated from their mothers. Albeit their mothers would probably flee if the children were returned to them, I still think another solution could be arranged that would put the children back with their mothers until the legalities of this case are worked out.

On the subject of DHS - In my opinion the club that DHS waves is way too big. Consider this case of the American boy in Oregon who was to be removed from his foster family to live with his grandmother in Mexico simply because she is his blood relative. DHS seems to cast aside what is best for the child - better education, better health care, better quality of life. Or this case where DHS wants to send another American citizen, this time a little girl, to live with relatives of her half siblings in Mexico instead of being adopted by her biological grandparents here in Hillsboro. It just seems that DHS can do what they want to whomever they want when they want, and that isn't right.

But now back to the "False Pretenses" point - Is invading a Texas polygamist compound under false pretenses the same as invading Iraq under false pretenses? You know the whole “There were no WMD in Iraq” versus what is looking like the “33 Year old Colorado woman impersonating the 16 year old Texas victim” thing.