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Originally Posted by Osem
We don't know what the truth of this situation is or who might gain what but I don't think it's entirely implausible for one government to press another to take a certain course of action in return for, say, some much needed government contracts or investment. If major trade deals were/are in the offing with Libya on the basis of Megrahi's release, maybe the powers that be down south felt they could lean on their friends in Holyrood in return for bailing out their national banks. Quid pro quo and all that. I wonder how many decisons made in Westminster over the decades have been wholly or partly influenced by pressure from the US....
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and don't believe for a second that the US weren't fully involved here to, if Obama really didn't want him released he wouldn't have been, sure he might dish out a few sound bites to appease the victims families and the press but this whole recent situation has been very convenient for all concerned, no damaging appeal, no need to look for the real/other perps, lucrative trade deals all round etc etc this wasn't Scotland's decision nor was it Kenny's, he's as much of a pawn in all this as Megrahi.