Obama's 'disingenuous' handling of Lockerbie

The Patriot Room ^ | September 6, 2009 | Clyde Middleton

[clyde_m]

The Brits made a remarkable statement: Whitehall said US President Obama and Hillary Clinton's reaction to Abdelbaset Al Megrahi's release was 'disingenuous.' The real issue, however, has less to do with the specifics of the Lockerbie release than with Obama's Chicago roots. The Brits could just have soon as said, "Mr Obama, if you want to contact the Canadians and tell them that your upcoming campaign rhetoric calling for a renegotiation of NAFTA is just that - rhetoric - that is for the Canadians to choose public silence in light of your specious ethics. We, however, do not take ethical violations so lightly."

[Pearls Before Swine]

Is “disingenous” used as a euphemism for “downright deceptive?”

Once we heard that Holder knew of the proposed release as far back as late June, we knew Obama knew as well.

[y6162]

Gee the Brits hate us now.

Thanks Obama...

[Parley Baer]

I wonder what the Queen or anyone else thinks of the Obama speech tapes that he handed out as gifts? I would suspect they are in the trash bin by now.

This clown is a classless, arrogant sob.

[null and void]

He also gave back the bust of Churchill they gave us way back when.

After all it was Churchill who said:

"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.

The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.

No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."

— Sir Winston Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 [London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899]).

[kittymyrib]

Guess Glenn Beck will have to do an investigation into this rotten mess. He’s the only one who seems to be able to turn over the rocks to reveal the slimy creatures in D.C.

[nathanbedford]

I sense a whole new round of apologies will be made by the president to other countries of the world. When we have a new president he will be obliged to bend his knee to our allies and beg forgiveness for the double dealing and shameful lying of the Obama administration.

[rbg81]

What the British did in this case was despicable and wrong. That being said, I would not be surprised to learn that the Obama Administration pressured them to do it—in the name of Muslim outreach. Professing shock was just so much CYA politics for the benefit of the American people.

[rbg81]

I sometimes wonder what Churchill would say about Obama. I’m sure his commentary would be insightful, droll and dismissive in the most colorful terms. And it wouldn’t have taken him long to formulate it either.

[null and void]

What do you think of Barack Obama?

I don’t.

[rbg81]

Well, its one thing for Howard Roarke to ignore Ellsworth Toohey. Its much harder to ignore the POTUS.

[Popman]

If the Obama administration is willing to throw the Brits, our strongest allies and friend under the bus by deceptive subterfuge, just think how willing he will be to deceive the American people to achieve his objectives.

I can't figure out if this administration is just simply beyond incompetent or willingly ignoring all protocols, established norms, standard procedures and basically acting an separate entity within the US government, playing above and completely disregarding the law

[dalebert]

i think you are right....brits did not just wake up one morning and say i think i will cut a oil deal...

[Cindy]

Background LInk:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2301225/posts

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"This clown is a classless, arrogant sob."

I concur with your assessment.

[BusterBear]

Is “disingenous” used as a euphemism for “downright deceptive?”

It's a euphemism for lying.

[BusterBear]

I can't figure out if this administration is just simply beyond incompetent or willingly ignoring all protocols, established norms, standard procedures and basically acting an separate entity within the US government, playing above and completely disregarding the law

They're just behaving according to their nature.

[kabar]

Obama was notified in advance about the release. After protesting privately, he should have denounced the planned release publicly well before the release date. Obama went along with the release.