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2009-09-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by ryuge 2009-09-01 07:37|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Britain's release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi-- the Libyan terrorist whose bomb blew up a plane over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people-- is galling enough in itself. But it is even more profoundly troubling as a sign of a larger mood that has been growing in the Western democracies in our time.

But the Scottish government had a plan, and a justification for releasing Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to a hero's welcome in Libya. How dare anyone "snipe from the sidelines".

(must.not.talk.of.healthcare.)

Posted by Pappy 2009-09-01 08:58|| 2009-09-01 08:58|| Front Page Top

#2 As always, Thomas Sowell nails it.

So many "rights" have been conjured up out of thin air that many people seem unaware that rights and obligations derive from explicit laws, not from politically correct pieties. If you don't meet the terms of the Geneva Convention, then the Geneva Convention doesn't protect you. If you are not an American citizen, then the rights guaranteed to American citizens do not apply to you. That should be especially obvious if you are part of an international network bent on killing Americans. But bending over backward to be nice to our enemies is one of the many self-indulgences of those who engage in moral preening.

Posted by WolfDog 2009-09-01 11:15|| 2009-09-01 11:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Adam Smith also nailed it. That is, the liberal behavior, and its unintended consequences:

Marcy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

In this case, mercy for a killer, supposedly dying of cancer was a cover for oil and gas deals. It is not even liberalism, it is crass greed and corruption. The British govt leaders knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-09-01 11:22|| 2009-09-01 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 ...supposedly dying of cancer...

Kinda makes you wonder.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-09-01 15:42|| 2009-09-01 15:42|| Front Page Top

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