Murderer returns to hero’s welcome
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi arrived home in Tripoli, Libya to a cheering crowd after eight years in a Scottish prison for murdering 270 people in Lockerbie, Scotland. Ain’t that nice? (Telegraph link)
After he left Scottish soil, Megrahi, who has served just eight years of a 27-year sentence, released a statement protesting his innocence and expressing his “sympathy” for the families of the 270 people he was convicted of killing.
It’s nice that he has sympathy for the victims’ family, too. Of course, it would have been nicer if he’d had sympathy for the victims’ families before he bombed them out of the sky.
Another Telegraph article reports that President Obama leads the condemnation of the murder’s release;
Mr Obama said: “We have been in contact with the Scottish government, indicating that we objected to this, and we thought it was a mistake.”
He added that he is now pressuring the Libyan government to keep Megrahi under house arrest until his death.
Yeah, that’ll work. You can tell how the Libyans are going to punish him from the looks of his reception on the tarmac in Tripoli;
The Daily Mail describes the scene;
The US president’s pleas for Tripoli to refrain from idolising Megrahi when he landed on home soil went unheeded.
Instead, he was greeted by a mob who had descended on Mitiga Airport brandishing placards and cheering.
Some displayed Megrahi’s face on their t-shirts while others waved Libyan and Scottish flags.
Yeah, it’s so nice that the world respects us now, ain’t it? The Libyans used to fear us – that’s why they turned over their weapons of mass destruction without us firing a shot at them. If they don’t put Al Megrahi into prison, we ought to reinstate the embargoes against them and put them back on the rogue nation list.
Yeah, that’ll happen.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Foreign Policy, Terror War
Religion of peace…blah blah…every culture is worthy of respect…blah blah…we can shove American values on the world…blah blah…I have a better suggestion; elevation 10 degrees, wind 5 MPH SSW, tango clear, extra $10 if you put the round through his pretty new Nike hat.
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When does the apology for inconveniencing this POS come? Can’t wait.
Looks like the t-shirts and placards were already printed? Mr. Axelrod, would that be astroturfing?
but…but….but… I thought Obama said please? Did he forget to say pretty please?
My family heritage is partly Scottish, what the hell happened to William Wallace……now the place is full of a bunch of “Numpty’s”
Thanks Scotland, great job selling your soul for a Possibility of Libyan business investment.
Sheep Shagging Fucksticks
I am currently dating a girl who lost her aunt and uncle on that flight. Needless to say, her nor her family are thrilled about this decision.
My family heritage is partly Scottish, what the hell happened to William Wallace……now the place is full of a bunch of “Numpty’s”
There’s a case to be made that the Highland Clearances sent the bulk of those Scots worth a damn to colonial shores…interestingly enough, the Clearances were perpetrated on the working class by the landholding chiefs and nobility against their own kith and kin, all for the sake of money, titles and favors to the English crown. Sound familiar?
Claymore,
Like I said….a bunch of effin’ numpty’s. Now I know why my ancestors got out of there, of course, they were then kicked out of Canada…..
You have no idea how pissed off this makes me. Oh wait, you probably do.
And now we’re getting word that Gordon Brown was in on it and gave his approval for “trade considerations”; read, oil. If this guy is still PM by this time next week, my faith in Britian as an ally is well and truly dead.
Yeah, Sniper, we do know and believe me, you’re not alone. The one thing that should have happened upon his melon becoming visible in the crosshairs, as he steps out of the plane, would have been a nice pink mist.