Seriously? I don't think so!
Well you wouldn't would you? You're a supporter of the Mccann's. Nothing that contradicts or casts doubt on your beliefs is going to make you "think so", is it?
A police force charged with acting as Liaison with a foreign force actually dissing that foreign force no matter what the temptation? Not a chance, whether you think it should have happened or not. The reality is that such an action would sour relations permanently in a way which would be almost impossible to recover.
It has been said that the investigation was led by a corrupt officer, that it was riddled with massive and fundamental errors which concluded under both Amaral and Almeida, that the McCann's were responsible for staging an abduction and concealing a body.
If it was as flawed as you and others have made out, and that was the conclusion, then "souring relations" wouldn't have come into it. If it was that inept and corrupt and came to such serious conclusions against Uk nationals as a result, do you really think LP and the Foreign Office would have been bothered about souring relations?
Given LP's and to a lesser extent the Foreign Office's pivotal role in the investigation and the co-operation they would have been guilty by association and you would fundamentally expect they would both distance themselves from the PJ and register formally that these were not their conlusions and that they were concerend about the nature of the way the case was handled.
And just in case you hadn't noticed nobody has "fitted" anyone up. Are you not aware that the McCanns were not even charged with a crime? How can they have been "fitted" up? Why would LP or anyone else in the UK police or authorities jeopardise future relations when there was no crime for the McCanns to answer to? You have no way of knowing what the reaction of LP or other UK authorities might have been had such an event occurred have you?
Oh do come off it, the condescension and apparent flippancy in your post does you no favours. Just makes you look silly and angry.
The fit up allegation has come from the McCann's, their friends and their supporters as that was what the PJ were trying to do. There is not a shred of evidence to support that.
We do know that when they were made arguido's there was no condemnation either from LP or the foreign office.
That should tell you enough, given the seriousness of the allegations. Both appeared to have been comfortable and have not then or since ever condemned the PJ's actions or decisions.
You are simply burying your head in the sand and refusing to actually debate the failings which have been mentioned in the case and then looking for convoluted excuses to pretend that the PJ did a good job, excuses which actually don't hold water.
No I think it is you who is burying your head in the sand. The evidence shows there was not a peep of concern or condemnation issued by either LP or the Foreign Office formally or informally to register their disgust about the investigation.
You are burying your head in the sand in trying desperately to suggest the investigation was a farce and a disaster, when in reality the UK police on the ground in Portugal and indeed SY have not once ever suggested directly or indirectly that it was.
Now you can try and convince yourself you are right by thinking it was to save a diplomatic incident but common sense says had the PJ pressed forward with charges it would have been a diplomatic incident anyway.
I repeat there is no evidence from LP, the Foreign office nor SY that the investigation was as bad as you and your fellow supporters attempt to make out.
