tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post5042542943036923595..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: A town laid to wasteRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-3860647803574818132015-12-22T13:14:02.776+00:002015-12-22T13:14:02.776+00:00I have read that about 150,000 people die each day...I have read that about 150,000 people die each day. Certainly some of them under circumstances, that are as terribly sad as these, also a result of willful acts, with the intention to kill, or just with no concern for the life of the people being a part of it. <br /><br />But plane crashes are so concentrated, so visible, so coverable, so easy to live yourself into.<br /><br />And so such events are invariably hi-jacked. What better occasion to claim it is an act of the insane enemy that for no reason at all does this to us. <br /><br />But would Panam 103 have reached its destination if USA and associates had acted responsibly on Iran Air 655? Instead of first the mandatory string of lies and, incredibly, adding insult to injury by rewarding the captain and crew at return? <br /><br />It took 8 years of legal battle before 300,000 USD was awarded to the income-earners among the victims, half otherwise. 1/30-1/60 of how we valued our own for Lockerbie and got it. And USA did not have to endure a crippling embargo first. It is good to be the strongest, and with a press that largely support ourselves in the belief that we are the nice guys.<br /><br />Our attitude might just have made the difference. Surely, we will always cry more over our own, but what we see is an almost complete disregard for others. It will hit back at times. <br /><br />Especially us, in the part of the world where we can change matters without putting our life at stake: we share a part of the responsibility for Lockerbie, and by not seeking justice we are a primary source of inviting the next act. <br /><br />This is why the Lockerbie case remains as important as it was 27 years ago.SMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272238187226269250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-31045007025706374632015-12-22T10:48:18.604+00:002015-12-22T10:48:18.604+00:00And there we are. As early as that. "The pl...And there we are. As early as that. "The plane left Heathrow 25 minutes late, at 6.25 pm." Does everyone in the media think that aircraft normally levitate from the departure gate the instant the doors are closed? 25 minutes between pushing off from the gate and the wheels leaving the tarmac is par for the course.<br /><br />THE BLOODY PLANE WASN'T LATE. IT LEFT ON TIME. GET OVER IT.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.com