The iconic picture above defines the anger and fear that terrorism can strike anywhere and at anytime and is perpatrated by slimy characters who will not put on a uniform and fight conventional wars.
As noted here, we now find out that our own President Obama agreed with releasing the Lockerbie bomber on grounds of "compassion" rather than having him locked up in a Libyan prison.
Compassion? What about the hundreds that died on that plane? What compassion did they get from Abdel Baset al-Megrahi?
The intervention, which has angered US relatives of those who died in the attack, was made by Richard LeBaron, deputy head of the US embassy in London, a week before Megrahi was freed in August last year on grounds that he had terminal cancer.
The document, acquired by a well-placed US source, threatens to undermine US President Barack Obama's claim last week that all Americans were "surprised, disappointed and angry" to learn of Megrahi's release.
In the letter, sent on August 12 last year to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and justice officials, Mr LeBaron wrote that the US wanted Megrahi to remain imprisoned in view of the nature of the crime.
The note added: "Nevertheless, if Scottish authorities come to the conclusion that Megrahi must be released from Scottish custody, the US position is that conditional release on compassionate grounds would be a far preferable alternative to prisoner transfer, which we strongly oppose."
Which is more sad: that we aided the release of this monster or that our President lied to us about his official position on it? With this outfit, that's a tough choice indeed.
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