I remember reading of a song written in honour of mass murderer and war criminal Lieutenant William Calley in which there was over half a million orders for a single by country singer Tony Nelson. Calley after serving a short time in jail for being in charge of a US Company found guilty of wiping out the Vietnamese village of My Lai resulting in the deaths of over 500, was pardoned by US President Nixon. Helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who observed from the air what was taking place landed his helicopter and saved 16 of the villagers. Thompson`s reward for this humanitarian act was to be smeared as a liar by Chairman F Edward Hebert at a House Armed Services meeting. This is not a million miles away from the rumpus over Meghrahi`s release, that a US President can release a mass murderer and the good people of the US hardly raised a whimper.
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