Gaddafi Dead

It was said Gaddafi was suppressing his people and that “left unchecked, we have every reason to believe that Gaddhafi would commit atrocities against his people. Many thousands could die. A humanitarian crisis would ensue. The entire region could be destabilised, endangering many of our allies and partners. The calls of the Libyan people for help would go unanswered. The democratic values that we stand for would be overrun. Moreover, the words of the international community would be rendered hollow.”

The ordinary people in the UK, France, US and other allied countries have not been provided with sufficient evidence of mass atrocities committed by the Gaddafi regime or indications that a Gaddafi victory would destabilise the region to justify a military intervention on humanitarian grounds alone.

The facts are that Nato conducted a military, not humanitarian, campaign in Libya; all offers of a ceasefire were rejected by Nato. We broke international law in order to overthrow a government. Our war planes killed thousands of Libyans. The destruction and suffering we have wreaked will affect the people of that country for years.

Rather than celebrating, we should be asking ourselves if what we have done is right and if our govern,ent has acted with due regard to the law and to the welfare of a foreign nation. In fact with Gaddafi we knew what we were getting. Now Libyas future becomes much less clear, and lets hope that this wasn’t yet another mistake by the Western forces.

On another note, I would just like to add that it is disgusting how a mans death was celebrated in such a fashion.