Posted by Melissa Clouthier on Jul 16 2010 Filed under Nat'l Security, News & Opinion, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entryColor me unsurprised by the news that President Obama okayed the release of a terrorist to help out BP who was helping him out with his Green initiatives. You know, you scratch my back, I’ll have no principles?
The White House certainly gave a different impression of the situation at the time. When the deal was announced, the Obama administration used the harsh diplo-speak phrase “deeply regrets” to describe their reaction to Megrahi’s parole. The decision violated a standing agreement with the UK on Megrahi, which was that the US would not press for extradition as long as Megrahi served his full life sentence in Scotland.At the time, many of us wondered why the British and the Scots would renege on such an agreement without negotiating it with the US. If the Post’s source is correct, then it appears that London did negotiate it with us — and that the Obama administration signed off on releasing a man who murdered 189 Americans in an act of international terror. It seems difficult to believe that such a decision would have come from anywhere else but the Oval Office. And it seems equally clear that any Libyan deal that didn’t involve Megrahi would hardly require our participation or approval.BP certainly has a lot to answer for in this situation. The White House should be answering a few questions, too.
You know, at this point, I don’t give a rats ass about BP’s lobbying. Businesses lobby, it’s what they do. I care about our terror-coddling, unprincipled President.
