He put compassion for the oil industry ahead of any compassion for my daughter, for the families of all those people killed by a convicted mass murderer and terrorist.

It just shows that the power of oil money counts for more than justice.'

It sure does. Khadaffi paid out about $1.5 billion in compensation to the victims of the Lockerbie bombing - and then got most of it back in exchange for a deal allowing access to Libya's oil.

With the freeing of al-Megrahi, and probably the non-prosecution of whomever it was that fired that shot from inside the Libyan embassy in London that murdered policewoman Yvonne Fletcher while she was patrollingin front of it in 1984, the deal's complete.

I think blood money is a pretty appropriate term.

And if you look at how al-Megrahi was received back home in Libya as a hero and role model , I can almost guarantee you that there will be a further cost to this whole endeavor in the future.

H/T Doug Ross

Not that Tony Blair or his ilk are going to be the ones paying the price. That’s for the little people, like us.

UPDATE: Seif al-Islam, Khadaffi’s son admitted in an interview today thatthe release of al-Megrahi was directly linked to the oil deal.

* Gaddafi ‘to send private jet to pick up bomber’ from Glasgow

* Obama calls on Megrahi to be made to ’serve out his term’

* Megrahi’s wife says bomber is ‘very happy’ to come home

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207772/Blair-blood-money-Lockerbie-deal-Talks-Gaddafi-hours-BP-agreement.html#ixzz0PBtSpf9v

Our "special" relationship with GreatBritain has been strained since the beginning of O'Bama's term (Churchill bust sent back, inappropriate gifts, blowing off meetings traditionally held during state visits).

Now here's a REAL reason for things to go south.

Blair's colors were always suspect.......damned elitist.