A good example of the injustice of unearned forgiveness, and of its destructive effects:
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf pardoned the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program Thursday for giving technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea, heading off a showdown with hardliners….Musharraf also lashed out at fellow Muslim nations Iran and Libya for cooperating with international inspectors and turning over documents on their nuclear programs. “Muslim brothers did not ask us before giving our names,” he said….He said Pakistan would not submit to any U.N. supervision of its weapons program, and that no documents would be handed over to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. He also ruled out an independent investigation of the military’s role in proliferation. [USA Today]