The American Pundit

Scotland, evidently having lost all concern for international terrorism and its victims, decided to release the man responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (which killed 270 people over Lockerbie) this afternoon. Apparently out of “compassion” for the dying man who’s only served about 8 years from his horrific crime.

In the rest of the world, “compassion” disappears for an individual once he’s decided to brutally murder 270 people on behalf of a state-sponsor of terror. Evidently in Scotland, mass murder doesn’t disqualify you from being released because you want to spend time with your family and friends back home. Remind me to chalk the country off my list of places to go.

Anyway, back here at home the Obama Administration condemned the release as the outrage that it is. Obama sent a letter in which he talked about the possibility of a homecoming celebration for the mass murderer in Libya. He was apparently assured that any homecoming would be low-key, and indeed his State Department reportedly promised that any large celebration would be punished.

A senior State Department official made clear that punitive measures could result if Libya treated Megrahi as a hero, but declined to be more specific.

“Gaddafi is looking for better relations with the United States and the international community and if he wants to be seen as a responsible leader in the region and beyond, this would be an opportunity for him to prove it,” said the official, who declined to be named.

Well, guess what. The terrorist received a massive homecoming celebration, complete with adoring fans, honking horns, an escort home, and officials greeting him on the tarmac. The homecoming was many things, but low key isn’t amongst them. Heck, Muammar al-Gaddafi’s own son served as the terrorist’s escort.

Will the Obama Administration seek punitive measures as promised? The government of Libya certainly can’t plead ignorance in the matter, especially given that the dictator’s son was in attendance. Or will Barack Obama, in his never-ending goal to get the world to love him, simply let it go and move on to apologizing on behalf of the United States for something or other?

Incidentally, the terrorist asshole is in good enough condition to make it up and down the staircase to the plane under his own power. He carried a cane on the way down, but he seemed to walk up with ease.