Posted on 09/01/2009 6:44:49 PM PDT by CyberRBTmail
When the man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up Pan Am flight 103 two decades ago over Lockerbie, Scotland, was released, many in this country were rightfully outraged. On December 21st, 1988, 243 passengers, 16 crew members, and 11 people on the ground were murdered. Of these, 180 were Americans; 60 of them children.
The bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, returned to Libya on August 20th with much fanfare enjoying a “compassionate release” due to his imminent demise from cancer. He had served 8 years of a 27-year sentence. Moreover, he was given an unfathomable level of compassion that beyond outrage, has sparked even more controversy. (video below)
Did Obama Administration Sign Off on Lockerbie Bomber Release?
You just know he did.
“Clearly, UK officials would not have released this mass murderer without at the very least notifying the Obama administration in advance.”
Did Obama notify UK officials before he unloaded 4 Gitmo prisoners on Bermuda?
Also, this link is useless. It poses a question in its headline that is not addressed in any real fashion in the text.
The video, which is the final content of the article, openly addresses the headline question. Of course, we do not know now (and may never know) the answer to the query.
The despicable criminals are all working in concert.
The Kenyan Pretender’s dissing of America knows no bounds.
So why would obama and his cohorts advance this foolishness as policy? Is obama simply "acting stupidly" as he is so fond of saying? I believe he is doing it simply to appeal to the idealistic and naive in his party. "This time will be different! We should be better!" Idealism is fine, but when it leads you to make dangerous and damaging decisions it ceases to be an admirable quality. America needs a large dose of realism and pragmatism in obama's foreign policy.
I’d love to hear TOTUS answer that one.
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