In every war there are two sides, and in the Libyan conflict it is no different. Unfortunately we in the West get a picture of us, the great white peace and democracy bringers against the evil empires of the world. Though it does seem a bit of a coincidence that all the evil regimes we try to save the people from, happen to be sitting on oil, and they happen to be regimes that don't always co-operate with the great Western corporate world. The article below is from The International Action Centre, and because it differs from the Western imperialist backing media, it will clash with the view you have been fed since this illegal bombing began.
LIBYA - Resistance to US/NATO Conquest Continues
Under the most incredibly difficult conditions – including NATO bombing,
mercenary landings, Special Forces operations and the destruction of civilian
infrastructure – the heroic resistance to imperialist conquest in Libya has
continued.
All the corporate media lies claiming mass surrender, the fleeing of Libyan
leader Moammar Gadhafi, the arrest of his sons and more have turned out to be
nothing but lies and psychological warfare. After 159 days of bombing,
incredibly, the residence continues.
The continued resistance also exposes the lie of the so-called democratic
“rebel” forces – forces that have been set up by Britain, France and the U.S. to
facilitate the imperialist invasion of the oil-rich country. Meanwhile, arms
have been distributed by the Libyan government to the whole population –
something a hated dictator would never do.
As in Iraq and Afghanistan, an arrogant declaration of U.S. victory and
“mission accomplished” does not mean an end to local people's resistance, which
takes many forms. The Libyan people have heroically withstood not only half a
year of bombing, but also a hail of racist corporate media propaganda seeking to
portray the U.S.-NATO military machine, both preposterously and once again, as
great white liberators.
While resistance continues in Libya, we in the center of U.S. imperialism
must continue our resistance to the criminal war there – even as the prolonged
economic war against poor and oppressed people continues within the U.S.
An IAC-organized truth tour featuring former Congressperson Cynthia McKinney
– who traveled to Libya to be an eyewitness to the U.S.-NATO attack – has built
major opposition meetings in 21 cities across the country. At each meeting,
which was undertaken by a local coalition of forces, hundreds of anti-war and
anti-imperialist and community activists attended.
These meetings against U.S. war in Libya have been the largest series of
anti-war meetings held in years. At the same time, the IAC has been in the
streets, organizing protests across the country.
The U.S. war in Libya is a first aggressive step in the expansion of wars of
colonial conquest in Africa. It means new U.S. threats against Sudan and
Somalia. It means more belligerent targeting of other countries in Middle East,
especially Syria and Iran.
Help us continue resistance to U.S./NATO war on Libya.
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