Al-Megrahi has been in the news again today, now 2 years since he was released by the Scottish Government due to Cancer, and his expected lifetime of 3 months from then. There has also been quite a few comments from various politicians point scoring about the fact he's lived so long. You can read all about this in plenty places, but there is just a couple of points I wanted to make.
First off, I never had a problem with the original release, and I still don't have a problem with the decision that was taken to let him out on compassionate grounds. The reality is that he would be dead, possibly within that original 3 month estimate, if he was still in a Scottish jail. There is no way he would have received the top level treatment he will be getting in Libya if he was still here, apparently including new drugs not available yet in the UK. So do people want him dead? Not a healthy attitude to anyone, whatever they've done in my opinion.
Another point, if you believe he was the only person responsible for the Lockerbie atrocity you're in cloud cuckoo land, it simply is not possible that was done by one person acting alone. I refuse to believe it was. If Libya was responsible for the bomb then the ultimate responsibility lies with Colonel Qaddafi, and we were happy enough to be his friend in return for oil. We've only recently called for anything to happen to him, and it's been for nothing to do with Lockerbie. Oil apparently is justification for all sorts of things. Never forget the prisoner transfer agreement signed by the previous UK government, which could have released Megrahi to Libyan custody. Signed in exchange for oil from what it appears. Money eases a lot of consciences.
We don't know the exact truth about Lockerbie, we probably never will now. There seem to be people hiding information, this may include the Americans and UK government but who knows. Unless if and when Qaddafi is overthrown some document comes to light that tells as I doubt we'll ever know the full truth. There is another story there, Megrahi may have been involved, but he became a scapegoat for others who were also involved. Why? Who knows.
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