No, Frank, what I am suggesting is that by keeping this man in prison Scotland, was in a position of making this man a martyr which would only make more pain for everyone.
On Aug 24, 3:10 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > Diogenes, > > Are yoFu suggesting that Scotland was wise to let this guy out so as to > avoid pissing terrorists off? Not exactly a very smart policy for > dealing with terrorists. It wouldn't have been saber rattling; it > would have been serving out a sentence. > > It's not a question of his death in prison providing some peace, but > rather, his release causing more pain and anguish for the victims > families. None of the victims or their families was given a chance to > be together when the victims died so why is he afforded this act of > compassion? He showed no compassion or remorse, but now the families > are supposed to accept compassion for him? He was supposed to serve > out his life in prison and the families thought they had closed this > chapter in their lives. You think his receiving a hero's welcome, with > all the celebration that went on, hasn't reopened old wounds? You > think that's fair? > > On Aug 24, 1:57 pm, Diogenes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Keith, > > > For a sincere belief that this will fall upon deaf ears (so to speak) > > I will attempt to explain why I said what I have said. I for one > > believe that life offers choices you can choose to make a difference > > and move on or make choice to stay mired in the morass of your own > > making. Neither of which is always right. Secondly, once a choice is > > made you are confronted with either doing something useful are not. > > Little is gained by rattling a saber at an already angry enemy. If > > Scotland had not let this man go home it well may have made its self a > > target and held a man to which the Islamist would have venerated as a > > martyr, and we have made enough of them. Nothing would be gained in > > seening this man die in prision which would have made peace for the > > families who have lost relatives. So it is my belief that Scotland > > made a better choice then you have proposed. > > > On Aug 23, 11:09 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes, Studio, > > > > Apparently you are once again correct. The comment from Qaddafi thanking > > > his "Good Friend" Prime Minister Brown, raises a number of questions, > > > that > > > still remain unanswered. > > > > Diogenes, > > > > Again, you just totally baffle me with your thought processes..... > > > > If this homicidal murderer had been released on a stretcher, shackled, and > > > placed under house arrest to die with his family, then maybe it wouldn't > > > have been such a hard pill to swallow. Instead, the man climbs aboard a > > > 737 > > > in hospital garb, barely able to make it up the steps of the plane, and > > > WALA: He arrives in Tripoli in a business suit to a Hero's welcome, > > > confetti flying, and miraculously, he is able to scale down the stairs, > > > gallivant across the tarmac, and swap sugar with Qaddafi himself. > > > > The following was shared by Dick Thompson, but I thought it was an > > > interesting analogy: > > > > =================== > > > > When Italy let the Achille Lauro terrorists go free - terrorists who had > > > only killed a handful of people, Ronald Reagan dispatched the U.S. Navy to > > > intercept the airplane flying them home, over international waters, forced > > > the plane down, and brought them to justice. > > > > At 5:30 P.M. on Thursday, October 10, President Reagan was aboard Air > > > Force > > > One, returning to Washington, D.C. from a speaking engagement in the > > > Chicago > > > area, when word reached him that the terrorists were getting away. He > > > authorized the carrier USS Saratoga, patrolling the Adriatic Sea, to put > > > seven F-14 Tomcats into the air. Their orders: divert the Egyptian > > > aircraft > > > to a NATO base at Sigonella, Sicily. The appearance of the Tomcats > > > unnerved > > > the EgyptAir pilot, who compliantly altered course for Sicily. He had no > > > way > > > of knowing that the American "top guns" had orders to refrain from > > > shooting > > > down the 737 without direct instructions from the president. > > > > Initially the Italians were not disposed to cooperate, scrambling their > > > own > > > warplanes to prevent a landing at Sigonella, but after a call from Reagan, > > > Italy's Prime Minister Bettino Craxi gave permission to land. The American > > > plan was to load the Palestinians onto a U.S. military aircraft and > > > transport them to the States. But when American troops encircled the 737 > > > they found themselves surrounded in turn by Italian soldiers. Italy had > > > decided that since the Achille Lauro was an Italian vessel, the hijackers > > > should be tried in Italian courts. The terrorists faced charges of > > > premeditated murder, kidnapping and hijacking. When Reagan called Craxi > > > this > > > time, the Italian leader wouldn't budge -- Abul Abbas and his cronies > > > would > > > remain in Italian hands. After Arafat threatened *uncontrollable > > > reactions" > > > if the Italians turned Abbas over to the Americans, Italy refused a U.S. > > > request to extradite the terrorist leader. Abbas was soon freed. In 1986 > > > the > > > four hijackers were convicted and sentenced to long prison terms, > > > > The American public emphatically approved of the bold mid-flight > > > interception of the Achille Lauro terrorists. Egypt's President Hosni > > > Mubarak decorated the 737 pilot and demanded an apology from the United > > > States. 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