Posted on 08/22/2009 9:16:13 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
New York Sen. Charles Schumer wants the United Nations to condemn Libya's welcome home celebration for the man convicted in the Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The Democratic senator was scheduled to holding a news conference Saturday to urge the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N to introduce a resolution condemning the ceremony and asking for an apology.
Family members were furious that convicted Libyan bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was released from a Scottish prison Thursday and was greeted in Libya by cheering crowds.
Pan Am Flight 103 — which was carrying mostly American passengers to New York — blew up as it flew over Scotland in 1988. All 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground died.
Relatives plan to converge on New York City in September to protest a planned visit to the United Nations by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
"I was furious and I was sick," Susan Cohen, whose daughter Theodora, then 20, died on the flight.
Cohen reserved some of her anger toward the Obama administration as well. Thursday, President Obama called the release of Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi after serving eight years of a minimum 27-year sentence in Scottish prison, a "mistake."
Cohen called Mr. Obama's remark "soft," during an interview with CBS' "The Early Show" Friday, adding that she has pushed the president to do more. There is "no one even in prison for the crime," she said.
Cohen and other relatives said they believe al-Megrahi was released to appease Gadhafi because access to his nation's oil is so important.
"Look what we've come to be, a man blows up an American plane and now here he (Gadhafi) is rolling into New York in triumph," she said, adding sarcastically, "That's wonderful. Makes the world safer, doesn't it?"
Cohen, of Cape May Court House, N.J., said the release is a major concession to Gadhafi, who she said wields increasing power through lucrative oil contracts with Western nations. Cohen, like several victims' family members, said she's disappointed that President Barack Obama's administration is not taking a harder line.
"The fact is, every time this kind of appeasement happens, it really endangers the innocent public," Cohen said. "What would any terrorist think looking at this? How scared would you be?"
Schumer is in the running for the Hypocrite of the Year Award....
Yeah, that’ll show ‘em.
First Question: What’s Chuckie’s angle in all this?
Answer: It’s a win-win proposition, being Jewish Schumer will always be condemned by the Islamofascists and Muslims in general, and bashing Libya doesn’t cost him any votes at all.
I’m waiting for one of his public statements on this topic to include the word ‘dagger’. ;)
And Chuckie; exactly what would that accomplish?
The best condemnation would have been a well placed round into the Libyan while on Scottish soil.
Why do people make easy things so complex?
If he wants to condemn someone, why not the judge who set him free? Libya just did what they always do, and what we knew they’d do.
Here’s an idea - how about an administration that does something when it is meaningful and has effect, rather than condemnations after the fact?
Chuckie you worthless sack of dung, your party is responsible for nearly as vile monsters caught on the battlefield being released from Gitmo. (Remainder of posr self-deleted.)
Too late Schmuckie. President Barry, the defacto Secretary of Stat, already made his statement that releasing the murdering bastard was “a mistake.” You simply can’t get any more harsh than that.
Schumer is saying this for the cameras. Then he’ll go back to dismantling America’s security and intelligence capabilities.
Sometimes a people deserve the government they asked for.
Every New Yorker should be mad as hell, and schmucker's posture is a laughing joke, unfortunately!!
If the New Yorker had some cajones they should oranize a gigantic town hall meeting protest and block gaddafy's entrance to the UN building, instead of just "talking" !!!
The cancle was embarrassingly side lined when bubba went to North Korea!!!
Basically. Good Photoshop point.
This makes me sick, when a wuss like Schumer comes across as having bigger balls than the President... Dear God, someone needs to form the Testosterone Party.
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