Now as
the Libyans look at a divided country facing a humanitarian crisis we
should be asking ourselves whether the NATO carrying out of UN
resolution 1973 has been a success or not. The UN resolution was to
stop Gaddaffi using the Libyan air force and army helicopters to
attack the rebels and bomb civilian areas, in so doing prevent a
humanitarian disaster. What UN resolution 1973 did not do was
sanction regime change. It is also clear the the resolution did not
sanction an aerial campaign against the Libyan government nor the
Libyan army. The NATO force was to be a defence force for the Libyan
people, it was not meant to be an attack force for the benefit of
Libyan rebels. However as usual, the Western powers deliberately
misinterpret UN resolutions to further their own imperial designs. No
matter your opinion of the Gaddaffi regime the military campaign
carried out by NATO against Libya was illegal, thus making the the
leaders of the governments involved, mainly UK, France and Italy,
equally guilty of war crimes as the man they wished to replace,
Gaddaffi. It is not the first time that the Western imperialists have
carried out regime change by means of military action, but it usually
results in instability and/or civil war in the country they have
targeted. The result can usually be classified as a humanitarian
disaster, and from the reports coming out of Libya it would appear
that this case is no exception as report after report paints a
picture of a devastating humanitarian catastrophe. The only
conclusion that can be drawn from the evidence on the ground is that
the NATO carrying out of UN resolution 1973 has been an abysmal
failure. The main beneficiaries being the Western oil companies who
have already moved to get their slice of the action.
It is sad to think that there are still people out there who believe that during their financial crisis, the Western powers spent all that money and effort simply for the benefit of the Libyan people.
