You stay classy Libya

A hero's welcome for the Lockerbie bombing slimeball.



However, my disgust is not with this reaction -- isn't this what you would expect. My disgust is with the Scottish jackass that released him.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, had earlier boarded a plane at Glasgow airport after being released from HMP Greenock on compassionate grounds.

He was freed by the Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill, who said he made the decision because medical experts suggested the Libyan had less than three months to live.

I seriously don't get this. This is similar to the arguments that are made about not prosecuting Nazi war criminals because they are now old men. These people had no compassion for their victims but should be shown compassion. Why?? What's the lesson -- that crime pays ??

This doesn't make us better than they are. It makes us delusional; and suicidal.

As an added bonus: looks like they dissed B. Hussein Obama who specifically warned against a celebratory welcome.

A senior State Department official made clear that punitive measures could result if Libya treated Megrahi as a hero, but declined to be more specific.

"Gaddafi is looking for better relations with the United States and the international community and if he wants to be seen as a responsible leader in the region and beyond, this would be an opportunity for him to prove it," said the official, who declined to be named.

So what do you think the retaliatory action will be ???

Look at it this way Mr. President: it was an open hand rather than a closed fist - but they just bitch-slapped you with it.