Originally Posted by
Rolfe
One argument against this is that Margaret Thatcher apparently didn't believe that Libya was responsible for Lockerbie, stating in her memoires that these bombings were so successful that Libya was never able to retaliate.
Thatcher trying to put the best posible spin on the outcome of militry action even when such a claim conflicts with reality (consider arms Libya supplied to the IRA) is normal behaviour. It doesn't mean much.