VULGAR, DISGUSTING AND A WARNING TO US - AT 8:57 A.M. ET:  This should serve as a warning to the starry-eyed and graduate-degreed among us, who have intellectualized that we can make peace with anyone and dance safely with devils.  As most of you know, the only person convicted in the downing of Pan Am 103, which killed 270 people, has now been released by Scotland and sent home to Libya after serving only eight years.  The public explanation for the release is that this lowlife is dying of cancer.  (Strange, but people convicted of lesser crimes die in prisons all the time.  Why is this different?)  Many skeptics believe that the real reason for the "humanitarian" act is financial pressure from oil-producing Libya.

But it's what happened in Libya when the thug returned that is truly sick:  From London's Daily Mail:

The Lockerbie bomber tonight landed in Libya to a hero's welcome as thousands greeted him at the airport waving flags and posters.

Hours after leaving jail, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi boarded a plane back to his homeland. 

His release prompted a furious reaction from America with Barack Obama branding it a mistake.The US president's pleas for Tripoli to refrain from idolising Megrahi when he landed on home soil went unheeded.

Instead, he was greeted by a mob who had descended on Mitiga Airport brandishing placards and cheering.

Some displayed Megrahi's face on their t-shirts while others waved Libyan and Scottish flags.

COMMENT:  We recently normalized relations with Libya.  Happy?

The families of the victims of Pan Am 103 are furious, and the Scottish parliament will reportedly be called back into session to debate the release.

We await someone coming forward to lecture us that we must understand "other cultures."

August 21, 2009