Things NATO did in 2011 – No Vote but Bomb
In March of 2011, right after the UN set up a No-fly zone in Libya the United States and NATO aircraft started striking civilian and military sites over there with the reason of helping protect civilians. Their strikes killed Qaddafi’s son and three grandsons. They repeatedly hit the locations used by Qaddafi’s family but deny that they meant to murder the leader of Libya. Qaddafi’s personal safety “ is a concern” of the president of South African Jacob Zuma who represented the African countries in their attempt to solve the conflict in Libya.
Libyans deadlock their conflicts on the ground after being bombed for four months. Thousands of civilians were dead. Food in that country last only weeks. NATO wouldn’t stop bombing because they believe that Gaddafi has to step down. Gaddafi refused to listen to NATO’s order but asked for a Libyan dialogue. He promised an immediate democratic election when NATO stops their bombing. For a few times Africa countries tried to set up a deal for ceasefire but were refused by the rebels because the rebels are being supported by NATO. The rebels asked NATO to make more air strikes by targeting the Gaddafi forces.
The whole picture shows: Instead of pushing an election in Libya NATO demanded Gaddafi quit. However, Gaddafi refuses to listen to the foreigners order and refuses to leave his country. NATO’s interference makes Libyans starve and die. Gaddafi accused NATO of aiming at grabbing Libya’s oil reserves.
Besides being accused by Gaddafi NATO was also accused by Afghan president Hamid Karzai, our allies, in the end of May 2011. On May 31, Hamid Karzai warned that the U.S-led foreign military in Afghanistan was becoming an “occupying force” if air strikes continue to cause civilian casualties. The incident which triggered Karzai’s comments was caused by NATO. It killed 14 civilians including 11 children. America launches a war in Afghanistan to catch Bin Laden. Ten years later, it proved that Bin Laden was not in Afghanistan at all. After Bin Laden was killed the United States and NATO still keep their troops in Afghanistan. Nothing seems to be out of bounds to them.
Russia once was worried that NATO’s air strikes might create bad influences in this world. In 8G Russia changed its position. After that NATO not only made the air strikes at night they also did it during the day. They attack more and more facilities.
On May 31, 2011 NATO declared that they will extend their mission until late September to protect the people of Libya. Ignoring that civilians might die from their bombs they continue their air strikes. In their mind only rebels are civilians. Video shows the rebels beheading the victims and badly mutilating their bodies. Can NATO guarantee that rebels will treat Qaddafi’s loyalists well when being challenged by weapons? Of course they cannot.
NATO supports the rebel but cannot convince them to participate in an election. They didn’t mention anything about letting Libyans vote to solve the conflict. That means NATO is not supporting justice but creating a civil war in Libya. It is a disaster for this world if NATO proves that they can do whatever they set their mind to. I guess this is how Western powers turn people into terrorists. If subways in London and Paris are being bombed by terrorists I will not be surprised. It is just simple when one side are out of bounds the other side will do the same thing. Take care!
