Related Link » Report: Letter Shows British Prime Minister, Libyan Leader Discussed Details of Lockerbie Bomber Release Weeks AgoWhatever support there may or may not have been for releasing the bomber responsible for the murder of 270 people, one thing is incontrovertible — the government elected by the society that countenanced this release has demonstrated a perversion of the concept of compassion beyond recognition from the standpoint of normative rules of ethics.
“LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reportedly discussed details on conditions for the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi with Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi nearly six weeks ago. [...] The letter, addressed ‘Dear Muammar’, contradicts previous claims that the Lockerbie case was only briefly mentioned during that conversation in July and that Brown stressed it should be left to the Scottish government, the Guardian reported. [...] The head of Scotland's government said Sunday that FBI director Robert Mueller was wrong to criticize the decision to free the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber — insisting there was public support for the release on compassionate grounds.”
— ‘The Associated Press contributed to this report.’
The report goes on to say that, "The release was met with outrage by families of the U.S. victims of the bombing, and criticized by President Obama [a liberal advocate for compassionate treatment of terrorists] as ‘highly objectionable’."
"Highly objectionable", indeed. Not exactly how I would categorize that which borders on condoning such a heinous act, but still containing a modicum of unfavorable criticism. At least there hasn't been, to my knowledge, a rush to propose this unmentionable lump of human detritus for a Nobel Peace Prize, by such faux-Nobel-worthy recipients as Al Gore and Paul Krugman. Fortunately, the Nobel is not ordinarily awarded posthumously (though some have opined that Krugman's is an exception), so perhaps we will be spared that proverbial insult.
Post #899 Unconscionable "Compassion" for Human Detritus
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