Unbelievable: Lockerbie bomber gets hero’s welcome in Libya
posted at 8:25 pm on August 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
I’m giving you the CBS clip because it includes interviews with families of the victims, but for a full minute’s worth of the “triumphant” mood on the ground in Libya, watch Cavuto. There’s nothing unusual about this, incidentally: Palestinians notoriously celebrated on 9/11 and Lebanese rejoiced at the release of Hezbollah child-killer Samir Kuntar. It’s one thing to welcome home a soldier who fought enemy combatants; these people welcome home terrorists who mass-murder civilians. Pure, unapologetic savagery. Exit quotation: “He has … reported a feeling of isolation–cultural, religious, social and language. He has a strong sense of family duty.”
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“Let’s just all agree that this is disgusting behavior by the Libyan people (or those welcoming him). Just appalling.
SteveMG on August 20, 2009 at 9:22 PM”
Yep, it’s just them,. This never ever happens anywhere else in the muslim world. No siree, not ever.
WitchDoctor on August 20, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Really, go back to your college friends for your scholarship.
I’ll stick with Lewis et al. and you can stick with your frat brothers.
SteveMG on August 20, 2009 at 10:11 PM
And many writers have imagined for themselves republics and
principalities that have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for there is such a gap between how one lives and how one ought to live that anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done learns his ruin rather than his preservation: for a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good.
- Niccolo Machiavelli
MB4 on August 20, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Like I said, you just dont get it. The most basic and fundamental principal in all of Islam is “Conquer the World” The second most basic principal is, “Kill the Jew’
s and Christian”. Third most basic principal of Islam, “Never ever forgive the Jew’s or make any treaties with them”.
Sadat violated principals 2 and 3 and his government was held responsible for that. Egypt and Libya have been at each others throats for a thousand years because one is a Shi’a nation and the other is a Sunni nation and that is all it takes. The exact same reason that Iraq and Iran have been at each others throats for just as long.
doriangrey on August 20, 2009 at 10:17 PM
FYI, I didn’t know the exact percentages but according to the CIA Factbook Libya is 96% Sunni and Egypt is 90% Sunni.
Their recent animosities grew out of Egypt’s peace agreement with Israel and its closer ties to Tel Aviv and the US/West.
Qaddafi, until recently, vehemently opposed these measures.
This will be on the final exam.
SteveMG on August 20, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Are you going to spend your entire evening defending the motives of the people cheering the terrorist?
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 10:18 PM
That’s some diplomatic department Barry is running there.
Our Allies are letting mass murderers off. How’s that smart diplomacy working out for you.
donabernathy on August 20, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Oh please, Bernard “Camel ball sucking” Lewis made a name for himself by asking Muslims questions about Islamic practices and then publishing their answers as if they were facts. Note to you and BL, never ever ask a child molester if he is a child molester, he will lie to you every single time.
doriangrey on August 20, 2009 at 10:21 PM
The only justice in this whole sequence of events would have been for the plane carrying the bomber to fall from the sky and crash on the HQ of Al-Quaida, killing every SOB terrorist inside.
Goldy1 on August 20, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I could be wrong, but isn’t Bernard Lewis the guy that has received handsome cash rewards from the Saudi’s?
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I’ve called it: disgusting, appalling, terrible, disgusting again.
It’s disgusting. Get it?
The question on this disgusting behavior is how much of it comes from religion and how much from nationalism/tribalism.
My guess is that it’s mostly religious but not all.
And once again: the cheering is disgusting.
In order to defeat an enemy, we have to understand what motivates him so that we can more easily defeat them. I’m sure Sun Tzu said it better.
SteveMG on August 20, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Both nations are predominantly Sunni.
Egypt is 90% Sunni while Libya is 96% Sunni.
Been that way for a long time.
SteveMG on August 20, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Non-suprise of the year. Who didn’t think that exactly this wouldn’t be the welcome he got?
Hog Wild on August 20, 2009 at 10:34 PM
I know you did, and then you spent the rest of the thread making excuses for the terrorist’s cheering section. Excuses are a form of defense. Are they really so worthy of your efforts?
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 10:34 PM
And if so, is your sense of their worth based entirely on what you learned about Islam from the, (I believe), Saudi funded Bernard Lewis?
Might it be possible that the Saudi’s have a vested interest in whitewashing Islam and that Lewis’ analysis may therefor be suspect?
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Let’s explore their motivation, then. What is the last thing they usually scream before they kill a bunch of innocent civilians?
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Just clusterbomb the dirty little f*ckers. And yes, by that I mean the crowd. Call them accessories after the fact.
holdfast on August 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM
More evidence of the Great New Respect For America from all over the world since the election of The One, from allies like Britain and from the Arab World.
Oh, for a MOAB to hit that picture in the center.
Jaibones on August 20, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Screw that, give the Israeli’s 1 hours warning to get every one underground and flash sterilize the whole damned region.
doriangrey on August 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM
One doesn’t know where to direct the most outrage. Is it to the Scottish government and their justice minister, Kenny McAskill, who ordered the release on “humanitarian grounds” because al Megrahi was supposedly dying of cancer? Or to the Libyan Government and those Libyans who greeted this monster upon his arrival in Tripoli? Should we be outraged toward our own government, whose weak, tepid response almost seems to suggest quiet acquiescence?
And there are so many questions to be asked-questions that may never be answered. Let’s start with the Scots. Was it really humanitarian considerations that led to this decision? Or did they bend to Libyan pressure? Was Libyan oil a consideration? Was one consideration the outrageous problem they (and the UK) face from their radical Muslim population? Was this designed to placate that population? If so, it would represent the height of cowardice.
Let’s turn to Libya. What kind of barbaric mentality leads people to give a hero’s welcome to a man who blew up an airliner and killed 270 people? Did the Libyan Government try to win this man’s release? Remember, this is a man who was a Libyan Secret Service officer. The fact that this man was allowed to come home to that kind of welcome in Moammar Gaddafi’s tightly-controlled society only reinforces the fact that he (Gaddafi) was behind this evil deed (as the Libyan Government later tacitly admitted before the UN).
And what about our own government-which spans both Republican and Democrat administrations? A few years ago, after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi seemingly turned over a new leaf. He swore off terrorism and turned over whatever weapons of mass destruction he possessed or was working on. What did we give him in return? Part of the answer is diplomatic recognition and a financial settlement that involved restitution by the Libyan Government. Did someone agree that at some point, we would not do anything to prevent the release of the terrorist held in Scotland-beyond a mild protest? Why did we forever swear off getting our own hands on those who carried out the bombing? Why have we not moved heaven and earth to get our own hands on those responsible or to keep this one animal in a Scottish prison? The answer has everything to do with real-politik and little to do with justice. Frankly, I am not impressed by the pusillaminous reactions of people like Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and Barack Obama. The President, for his part, “warned” Libya not to give a hero’s welcome to al-Megrahi. You see the result in the video.
And what about that Senate delegation led by John McCain that met with Gaddafi just recently in Libya? Was this subject discussed? Has there been any quiet American acquiescence in this release? Don’t the American people have a right to know why this outrage has happened?
I can only hope that the Scottish people are showing similar outrage. After all, 11 residents of Lockerbie were also killed on the ground when Pan Am 103 crashed. Right now, I am not feeling too kindly towards Scotland. I am not one of those boycott organizers, myself, but I seriously doubt I’ll be buying any scotch or ale from Scotland anytime during the rest of my life.
This is a shame on everyone involved.
gary fouse on August 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM
BTW, I happen to agree with you on this angle of analysis, which is why I posted the 14th century piece by Ibn Khaldun, who was a muslim, as I was addressing the arab cultural aspect of this. You can probably assess the different levels, in this case, by the size and intensity of other celebrations. But, I can guarantee you that 90% of muslims throughout the muslim world are happy that he’s free and home and they probably all think it shows the weakness of the stupid West. That’s dangerous, all over the muslim world.
progressoverpeace on August 20, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Any reasonably intelligent person can clearly see that I made no excuses for their cheering.
None.
My questions were what was the motivation behind their cheering.
Was it religion or nationalism?
Again, whether emanating from religion or nationalism, it was disgusting. But what did it emanate from?
Asking questions about the source of a behavior is not defending that behavior.
I cannot be any more explicit than that.
SteveMG on August 20, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Thanks. I think you understand my questions.
Was the cause of the cheering Arab nationalism or Islamic brotherhood?
Obviously, some of both.
Of course, neither of us are defending the cheering; just trying to understand its origins.
SteveMG on August 20, 2009 at 11:08 PM
They’d make a great Bill Maher audience!
Star20 on August 20, 2009 at 11:10 PM
My cousin was supposed to be on this flight. She missed the flight because she became ill, and lost close friends of hers who were on the plane. I haven’t talked to her since hearing this news today.
This is unbelievable.
No… actually it’s believable considering the way the world seems to be heading. It’s just shameful. Terrorism seems to be winning in every corner of the world.
ErinF on August 20, 2009 at 11:12 PM
… he’s a “hero” for sticking a bomb on a plane like a coward?
ErinF on August 20, 2009 at 11:13 PM
To borrow a phrase from the Bush-hating left: SNIPERS WANTED
That’s what I was thinking when I saw this. One sniper, one gun, one bullet between the eyes when this guy gets off the plane.
If they’d executed this bastard after he was convicted, this wouldn’t be happening.
tsj017 on August 20, 2009 at 11:14 PM
unbelievable??? NOT!! May his cancer eat this scum alive for a slow painful death.
Dollayo on August 20, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Let me finish your thought for you SteveMG:
…so we can accommodate them and get along with them somehow.
ppaint on August 20, 2009 at 11:19 PM
He’ll get a heroes welcome in hell too. Won’t have long to wait either.
Mojave Mark on August 20, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Of course. But, your initial plea, “Let’s not turn this into …” was a bit out of place and without any preparation, as no posts had been anything even close to that. So, there was a question of the motivations behind such a statement, since it was initially defensive of islam. I know you aren’t defending islam, but that’s how it looked to me.
This is where you and I split. This situation is not at all divorced from the islamic connection, as your plea from above indicated that you might think so. The islamic influences are what are mainly at play, here. They are the strongest of all, no matter the particular celebrations. This is an islamic win, without a doubt. The libyan part is minor and the arab part is negligible, by my estimation.
progressoverpeace on August 20, 2009 at 11:24 PM
In other words, by my reckoning, this same celebration would have taken place no matter where in the muslim world this happened to have occured. I can’t prove that, obviously, but I think it is expected muslim behavior, these days. If this guy had been Pakistani, I think the celebration would have been huge. Really huge.
That’s how I see it.
progressoverpeace on August 20, 2009 at 11:32 PM
And your stated purpose for doing so was to minimize, if not dismiss, Islam as the motivation behind terrorism and their supporters, (the celebrating crowd), instead ascribing their motivation to tribalism despite all of evidence to the contrary.
In other words, excusing/apologizing for Islam, in this case in the context of the cheering crowd. Excuses are a form of defense. You may not be defending the cheering itself but you are defending the motivation behind it.
What is the last thing they scream before murdering as many innocent civilians as they possibly can? Is it, “MY TRIBE IS THE GREATEST!!!”?
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 11:35 PM
We still have a few cruise missles left, don’t we?
Star20 on August 20, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Why? We have the arab world’s friend in the White House so why should they hide their real emotions or intentions anymore?
peacenprosperity on August 20, 2009 at 11:48 PM
http://www.veteranoutrage.com
This is exactly WHY you dont CAPTURE the Islamo – Nazis
You KILL THEM..
Do you really think any muslim is going to “cough GAG”
Repent of OBEYING the Koran?
Come on..
thats like expecting a liberal to join the US Army..
(except for the gay ones)..
Of course..
veteranoutrage on August 20, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Obama had them all decommissioned and reassembled into unicorn stables.
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Well, at least Obama hasn’t gone over there to apologize because he had prostate cancer….yet.
Star20 on August 21, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Note carefully what MSM mouthpieces cover this tomorrow… the ones that don’t are the enemies of freedom and democracy. Yes, it is that simple. People who lie to make evil acceptable are evil.
drunyan8315 on August 21, 2009 at 12:09 AM
No, but if he sneaks into America he’d be covered by Obama’s socialist health care plan.
FloatingRock on August 21, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Oh man, I’m not the least bit surprised. Jacka**es.
Like I said before, they should have just given that moron a suicide belt, send him to Iraq and cut out the middle man.
mjk on August 21, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Shameful.
3 months to tell young men and boys how he did it and inspire them.
Before I go and puke can someone please verify that it was a competent team of doctors who determined his cancer was terminal?
journeyintothewhirlwind on August 21, 2009 at 12:29 AM
“Unbelievable: Lockerbie bomber gets hero’s welcome in Libya”
Why would you say this is “unbelievable”? It’s entirely believable that Muslims would show up en masse to celebrate a mass murderer.
Have you been asleep the past nine years?
daryl_herbert on August 21, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Does anyone think this would have happened if Obama really , really didn’t want it to ?
borntoraisehogs on August 21, 2009 at 12:53 AM
Yeah, awesome diplomacy, BHO.
Another foreign affairs failure on your part
ToddonCapeCod on August 21, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Just because you mention it, Allah, not all Lebanese welcomed home the disgrace of a human being Kuntar. He is a monster who doesn’t deserve to be Lebanese, and yes, a large portion of the brain damaged country who celebrated him are sick.
But there are those who didn’t celebrate at all, in fact cowed down, embarassed on that day. But the newspapers didn’t cover that part.
fireweednectar on August 21, 2009 at 1:34 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/20/guantanamo-detainees-shown-cia-officers-photos/
The trifecta – ridge -libyan bomber released- cia officer photos shown to detainees!!
Cripes!
Andrew McCarthy was right. These court cases etc are going to aid the terrorists.
journeyintothewhirlwind on August 21, 2009 at 1:37 AM
And sorry I should have added, to be clear on this, I agree with you on the shame of this. There’s nothing to celebrate of this, certainly not for the families of the Americans who have no homecoming of their children to celebrate.
fireweednectar on August 21, 2009 at 1:37 AM
I hope that his cancer goes into his bones and that he dies of bone cancer. It is a hard way to die. He deserves it.
Voter from WA State on August 21, 2009 at 1:39 AM
This is why we never should have lifted sanctions or removed Libya from the State Sponsors of terror list. The sanctions were lifted in 2003 and the U.S. State dept removed Libya from the SS list because Libya finally denounced the Pan Am bombing, accepted responsibility, and paid compensation to the victims’ families. I’d say Libya’s little display today proves their apologies were bull—-. Of course, anyone with half a brain knew that years ago.
Meezles on August 21, 2009 at 1:39 AM
DISGUSTING!
He killed 270 men women and children 4 days before Christmas and he gets released just in time to celebrate ramadan. How ironic.
Considering he is guilty of 270 counts of first degree murder, 8 years is a slap on the wrist. As mentioned on at least 1 talk show, he served only 3 weeks for each life he took.
Personally, I would have force fed him pork for a last meal, and slowly roasted him over a slow fire…
For some reason, since Obama’s coronation, shocking events no longer surprise me.
Brian200 on August 21, 2009 at 1:41 AM
They said it made no sense then, how about now ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7xjcuCuCtI
Obama started it by releasing USS Cole killers, Scotland just followed the lead
It all started with a bow
macncheez on August 21, 2009 at 2:10 AM
Not much. Most of them are squishes. Some of the English are outraged, but I think most are indifferent.
They are Eloi now.
atheling on August 21, 2009 at 2:58 AM
turn the area into a glass factory. and at the same time, that will solve our dependence on foreign oil. two problems solved in the time span of 25 minutes.
photoboy74 on August 21, 2009 at 3:00 AM
I know that my two Scottish employees and their families are disgusted by it. They want Kenny MacAskill to be fired. They also would have “had the piece of shite rot in jail.”
gegogi on August 21, 2009 at 4:03 AM
What are the odds that Kenny McAskill’s “humanitarian compassion” is tied to a numbered Swiss bank account? Just a thought.
Ordinary American on August 21, 2009 at 4:42 AM
“If one sets a car on fire, that is a criminal offence. If one sets hundreds of cars on fire, that is political action.” -Ulrike Meinhof (bader-meinhof gang)
“What we’re mostly concerned about is the mixed message that this sends in terms of those who have in the past or those who might contemplate in the future acts of political violence.”
-President Barack Obama
had only one person died at lockerbee, would obama have referred to it as murder? since hundreds died, obama now sees it exactly as all of his radical friends who hate, despise, and want to do harm to western civilization. in his eyes, the murder of hundreds at lockerbee has become “a political action.”
obama simply toned it done to the tone-deaf useful idiots out there by saying “political violence.”
we’re on to you barry, and the numbers are growing.
photoboy74 on August 21, 2009 at 5:08 AM
sorry, should read “obama simply toned it down to the tone-deaf useful idiots out there by saying “political violence.”
photoboy74 on August 21, 2009 at 5:13 AM
“savages”
Anyone else pick up on these wise guyisms?
Dr. ZhivBlago on August 21, 2009 at 5:14 AM
Here..end of discussion
ALERT NSFW R
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/dWqAU97tHokmyEpA
gotta go
macncheez on August 21, 2009 at 6:03 AM
I trust none of you were contributing to Noraid and singing songs in Irish bars in praise of he IRA while they were exploding bombs in public places killing and maiming civilians. I’m assuming you all protested the early release of convicted terrorists from Ulster prisons.
Just askin’
callingallcomets on August 21, 2009 at 6:16 AM
Blood for oil, Scotland?
lizzee on August 21, 2009 at 7:14 AM
Any bets that this jackoff has a “miraculous” recovery?
NavyMustang on August 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM
Exactly the same “welcome home” the Gitmo detainees will get after they have escaped the Michigan prison system by means of a dirty bomb. Start the countdown…Bloodshed and slaughter coming soon to a state near you…Gird your loins.
indypat on August 21, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Put the blame on Obama and Hillary Clinton for this travesty. Why didn’t they know this was in the works and why didn`t they pressure Scotland and Great Britain to stop it?
The US can get North Korea to release two
prisonershostages, but they can´t get our ally to stop the freeing of a mass-murdering terrorist?Mark this as a major fail for the Obama administration.
albill on August 21, 2009 at 7:56 AM
169 American dead.
The fallout from this is going to be HUGE.
The video of this guy being welcomed like some great military hero is going to play all week and the MSM won’t be able to stop it.
We need to get good and pissed about this.
manofaiki on August 21, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Throughout history cultures have become corrupt and debased in their moral thinking. This actually isn’t anything new. The muslim world is falling the way of the ancient incans that slaughtered/sacraficed their enemies wholesale in the name of their god. The Nazi’s did it in the name of thier ideology. The japanese did it throughout asia in the name of thier cultural superiority. In the past it all ended the same, these cultures didn’t correct themselves until they were faced with near extintion. No men left to fight. No cities left to make weapons. Forced to thier knees and made to yeild thier false belief. The only problem today is that the great world power is no longer willing to excersize it’s power. Osama bin laden knows this. The west hasn’t the appetite for the fight required to turn this tide.
MichiganMatt on August 21, 2009 at 8:15 AM
If you want to shoot up your blood pressure even higher, have a look at the comments here:
http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2009/08/scotlands-lockerbie-soft-on-cr.html
Mostly Christian pacifists, snivelers and milksops. They’re a sign that the West has succeeded too well in establishing societies where you and I can live and go about our lawful business without ever once hearing a gun fire. These people simply have no memory of danger. In the case of the Scots and the other Euros, it’s probably a case of self-willed amnesia.
For the rest of us,
dhimwit on August 21, 2009 at 8:17 AM
These muslims have just kicked their own a$$es back to the stone age thinking where they always belonged.
You can take the muslim our of the stone age, but you can’t take the stone age out of the muslim.
Bicyea on August 21, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Sorry, premature submission:
For the rest of us, we have a fight on our hands. Incidents like this are useful in sorting out who will fight and who will cave.
dhimwit on August 21, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Your cousin likely remembers what Seat Number she had. She must have been curious who took her place?
My best friend was a young 1st Lt coming home for Christmas in Seat 33K. Seated beside him a teenage lad from Oxfordshire, UK. In front of him, a 2 month old from Michigan. Behind him, a lovely young Syracuse coed.
When Clipper Maid of the Seas disintegrated and petalled back to her wings– catipulating the Michigan infant and those others innocents in front of him into the cold, dark stormy skies– he and British teen and Syracuse girl rode the intact fuselage down together for long minutes before impact in Sherwood Crescent. The horror of those memories still haunt me.
I just can’t imagine the anguish this is causing the victims’ loved ones. Their wounds will never heal.
This is such an awful, awful betrayal.
Terp Mole on August 21, 2009 at 8:54 AM
They should have never released him, and given Libya the chance to torture the families of the victims yet again. This is utterly disgusting. It was a photo op that never should have happened.
sarainitaly on August 21, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Unfortunately, there is nothing unusual about it at all.
MarkTheGreat on August 21, 2009 at 9:08 AM
I will never understand online ad buys. Went to watch the horrible video above and now all I can do is link DELL computers to terrorists. WHY would anyone want to buy ad time in such a manner that mentally links your company with a terrorist homecoming?
TheBlueSite on August 21, 2009 at 9:09 AM
one reason why they probably weren’t notified is obama’s master diplomacy towards the u.k, p.m. brown, and the queen.
1. crating and sending the sculpture of churchill back to the u.k.
2. giving p.m. the cold shoulder on his first trip to the u.s. since obama was sworn in. didn’t even meet him at the airport!
3. state department saying that their is nothing special about our relationship with the u.k. they are like every other country in state’s eyes. burma, north korea, syria, LLIBYA, et al.
4. giving prime minister brown the idiotic gift of dvd’s in the wrong format when p.m. brown gives a hugely symbolic gift.
5. not notifying the united kingdom about our deal to release terrorists on u.k. soil in the bahamas.
any wonder now why the scots or english didn’t bother to notify us? we’ve distanced our self and given the cold shoulder to the country we had extremely close ties with for close to several centuries!! we share more culturally with the u.k. than any other country.
obama and his lackies have pissed it all away.
photoboy74 on August 21, 2009 at 9:35 AM
The ironic thing is that he would have a much greater chance of surviving prostate cancer here in the U.S., however he would have been executed a long time ago here too. Everything is upside down right now.
bigtexmex on August 21, 2009 at 9:36 AM
I feel my Scottish heritage is besmirched. What raving idiots. Although I’m sure the normal people are disgusted at the stupidity of their courts. Haven’t seen any interviews from any of the populace of Lockerbie. Are the courts elected or appointed, does anyone know?
ultracon on August 21, 2009 at 9:55 AM
*ring…ring*
Operator: Xe Services (formerly Blackwater), how may I direct your call?
Caller: North African Covert Operations.
Operator: One moment…
NickelAndDime on August 21, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Re: GITMO
I hope this is a “teachable moment” for Mr. Obama.
NickelAndDime on August 21, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Surprised that Bill Ayers and Bama wasn’t there to greet him.
Maybe Bam will send Jesse Jackson and Rev Wright over for prayer.
bluegrass on August 21, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Leave it to the stupid actions of the Scot’s and disillusionment of Obama to swell the ego of terrorists around the world.
This is how terrorism survives, not from waging attacks against civilizations but getting sympathy from enemies (Scotland, Obama, ect.)
All the hard work we have been doing is getting thrown out.
b1jetmech on August 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM
“Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.” Proverbs 17:15
I don’t think Sir William Wallace would identify well with Scotland today. Just a hunch.
Send_Me on August 21, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Where’s the clip?
corona on August 21, 2009 at 11:17 AM
False, false and false.
As I repeteadly stated, whatever the reason for the cheering was it was disgusting and appalling.
Whether the cheering was done out of nationalism or whether it was done out of religious brotherhood, it was appalling.
That you are capable of reading the minds of these cheerleaders is remarkable.
I admit I can’t.
SteveMG on August 21, 2009 at 11:55 AM
If one result of this travesty is to teach Americans to snarl the next time they hear the words “compassion” and “human dignity” and to feel like throwing a brick at the people spouting them, then some good has come from it.
dhimwit on August 21, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Then that makes you quite obtuse. Your loss.
atheling on August 21, 2009 at 12:52 PM
You know that the reason for all of these disgusting celebrations was one that was entirely religiously-based and not based in any way on Libyan nationalism?
Remarkable psychic abilities.
One of the most important ways in defeating Islamic and Arab extremism is to know when we are fighting one and when we are fighting another.
If we are fighting the pan Arab nationalism of a Qaddaffi or a Nasser, our policies are different than if we’re fighting the religious extremism of the Sayyid Qatbs or Muslim Brotherhood.
I like to understand our enemies in order to more easily defeat them.
Others can disagree.
SteveMG on August 21, 2009 at 1:07 PM
I know how we can help Scotland save face. Drop a couple of one-ton bombs on Tripoli and then drop the shattered cockpit remains of the PanAm jet near their capitol building.
Goodeye_Closed on August 21, 2009 at 3:01 PM
This situation is so wrong in so many ways, one can hardly begin to think! The Scottish Government and possibly the British government is morally bankrupt and compromised by their Muslim immigrants for sure! The Libyan, “Palestinian”, Lebanese, Egyptian and most Middle East people, for the most part, are 7th. century savages and we should expect this kind of behavior for their heroes. Make no mistake, this murderer is a Libyan hero!
Anybody who thinks that Quaddafi was not behind this bombing is being willfully ignorant. Our State Department and Obama administration is a joke! There can be no doubt that Obama is a Muslim sympathizer at the very least.
Bottom line: God bless the families of the dead for they are suffering for this travesty!!!
JonR on August 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
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