Clinton Says Release of Lockerbie Bomber Would be “Absolutely Wrong”

“ps: obviously, I think both Kaddafi/Qaddafii and the Islamic terrorist should all be punished and sanctioned but this administration, as well as Bush, seems to think otherwise.”
Wasn’t the killing of Qadaffi’s two year old daughter enough?

I certainly lean liberal, but my compassion in this case only extends as far as providing him humane treatment and medical care until he dies of natural causes, behind bars, in a cage like any other dangerous animal.

to jhw539: though I’m sure Qaffafi(aka Kadaffi) was hurt was the alledged death of his adopted daughter when the US bombed Libya in 86, I doubt, giving his numerous brood (at least 8 by official accounts) and the well-known affection for daughters in that country that her unfortunate death makes up for his support, funding, speeches, and instigations for the many lives lost by his direct actions/funding or moral for terrorism over the decades! Not to mention the deaths, etc by his policies and intra-Africa programs and allegiences.

Good to hear from the one coherent adult in this disastrous administration. She ain’t perfect, but she has a functioning brain and acts like a grown up.
Job well done, Ms. Clinton.

“No. Many innocent lives were likely saved by ‘forgiving’ Kaddafi, which is ultimately more important than vengence (and as pointed out, Kaddafi did indeed pay a personal price that clearly hurt him dearly). There is no equivalent payoff to letting one of his triggermen go. And this was not a uniformed soldier on a field of battle.”
Kaddafi had a change of heart recently in part because of Iraq, also in part because he realized that whichever of his sons takes over for him will likely not be successful without making nice with the US. Also, keep in mind Kaddafi was in tight with the Soviets with arms deals and money. That honey pot went away. So in part, he had no where to turn, and in part, he wanted to secure one of his sons as a supported leader of Lybia.
With that perspective, the bomber in Scottland is a non-player and won’t make a difference with Kaddafi. If anything, I think he would like distance from this whole thing.

In 1999, President Clinton pardoned 16 members of Armed Forces of National Liberation, FALN (the Spanish acronym).
Mrs. Clinton supported the clemencies until negative public opinioin caused her to change her mind.
At the time, the FBI stated, “the release of these individuals will psychologically and operationally enhance the ongoing violent and criminal activities of terrorist groups, not only in Puerto Rico, but throughout the world.”

My heartfelt and deepest sympathies go out to the families of the victims of this atrocious crime. Justice most certainly has not been done in this case. There is overwhelming evidence to suggest, however, that Megrahi did not get anything like a fair trial, either at his original trial or the subsequent appeal. Despite Mrs Clinton’s intervention, I believe that, behind the scenes, the US and UK governments are relieved that the latest appeal has been dropped. There are so many irregularities and complexities in this case which point to a gross miscarriage of justice, alluded to by Dr Hans Kochler,who was the international observer at both trials,
Unfortunately, it appears as though we will never get to the truth, neither in relation to Megrahi’s guilt or innocence, nor in pursuit of justice for the victims.
Aside from all the irregularities of this particular case, it should be pointed out that it is Scottish judicial policy to consider the compassionate release of ANY prisoner (fairly convicted or not) who has less than 3 months to live. Therefore it is a decision for Scotland and Scotland alone.