For six months NATO conducted a mission to strategically protect Libyan civilians from Gadhafi’s troops. A mission which required the expedient tactic of backing a ragtag group of anti-Gadhafi rebels and a mission that was obviously going to continue until there was a regime change.
Now there are those who are indignant about the way Gadhafi was killed post capture. I will grudgingly concede their right to be indignant but, in my opinion, they have no right to be surprised.
I mean seriously... what did they think was going to happen? Frankly I'm happy it went down this way. No last hurrah from the grand poo bah... a gruesome end to one of the worst people in modern history. Seems more than appropriate.
ReplyDeleteSo you guys don't think that he should have been given some consideration because of the fact that back in 2003 Libya was elected to the chairmanship of the U N Human Rights Council?
ReplyDeleteLibya’s election to the chairmanship of the U N Human Rights Council is more of an indictment of the UN than a kudo for Gadhafi.
ReplyDeleteGaddafi’s family is suing NATO for war crimes. Their claim is that NATO opened fire on Gaddafi’s convoy which did not pose any threat to civilians. The “protecting civilians” pretext might be a bit shaky in The Hague.
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