They bomb the place into oblivion and call it a success?
"NATO secretary general hails end of operations in Libya; Council chooses engineer as new prime minister" November 01, 2011|By Karin Laub, Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya - NATO’s top official praised the alliance’s seven-month sea and air campaign in Libya - key in ousting longtime dictator Moammar Khadafy - saying the mission’s end yesterday marks the close of a “successful chapter in NATO’s history.’’
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who was making his first visit to Tripoli since the end of the civil war less than two weeks ago, also congratulated the country’s revolutionaries on their victory and said they “helped change the region.’’
Translation: they kept it in the globalist order.
Reading the self-adulating, self-aggrandizing garbage is really getting to me, folks.
“You acted to change your history and your destiny, we acted to protect you,’’ Fogh Rasmussen said at a joint news conference with Libya’s interim prime minister, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil. “Together we succeeded: Libya is finally free.’’
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Over the past seven months, allied air forces carried out 9,600 strike sorties, destroying about 5,900 military targets. On average, 15 warships were stationed at all times off the Libyan coast to enforce an arms embargo.
How much was that costing your governments as austerity measures are introduced to please international bankers, Europeans?
“At midnight tonight, a successful chapter in NATO’s history is coming to an end, but you have already started writing a new chapter in the history of Libya, a new Libya based on freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law,’’ Fogh Rasmussen said. “We know it’s not easy. We know the challenges, and if you ask us for help in areas where we can help, we will.’’
Yeah, right. The "rebels" participated in the same types of barbarities accused of the dictator and his men.
But I'm not worried; U.N. says it is investigating both sides.
NATO persevered during a monthslong period of stalemate on the battlefield, when it appeared that Libya could become an Afghanistan-like quagmire.
That's what it is now, but why bother upsetting the conventional myth and distortion of the AmeriKan media anymore?
With the alliance airstrikes helping open the way, revolutionary forces captured Tripoli in late August, and brought an end to the war with the capture and death of Khadafy on Oct. 20.
Abdul-Jalil thanked Fogh Rasmussen for the alliance’s support.
“NATO operations were successful, with the grace of God and the determination of fighters,’’ he said. “The strikes were accurate so that civilians were not impacted, the people of Libya can testify to this.’’
They say that about every "campaign," and it is always a damnable lie.
With the end of NATO’s Libya mission, the alliance has faced some calls to intervene in Syria’s uprising.
I've been waiting for it, but now realize it is going to be part of a pincer movement coordinated with the U.S. when they go after Iran.
But Fogh Rasmussen said NATO has no intention to get involved in Syria.
“I can completely rule that out,’’ he said. “Having said that, I strongly condemn the crackdowns on the civilian population in Syria. What has happened in Libya sends a clear signal to autocratic regimes all over the world - you cannot neglect the will of the people.’’
So when are you going to start liberating your own people, puke? I see they are all out in the streets protesting even if the AmeriKan media won't report it.
And on Syria, everything I've read in the agenda-pushing, war-promoting paper says it has been ALL BUT ruled out -- meaning it hasn't been ruled out at all.
Yeah, I am sick of the distortions and lies. How did you know?
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The operation’s critics - including Russia, China, the African Union, and others - have argued that NATO misused the limited UN resolution imposing a no-fly zone and authorizing the protection of civilians as a pretext to promote regime change.
Yeah, that's right.
Also see: Syria NATO's Next Target
Gee, that General Clark was really spot on, wasn't he?
The UN Security Council urged Libyan authorities yesterday to prevent thousands of shoulder-fired missiles and other weapons purchased by Khadafy from getting into the hands of armed groups and terrorists.
You know where those went? They and some of the fighters have moved on to Syria. The authorities and mouthpiece say that is a "conspiracy theory" -- which means in most cases it's true.
The Russian-drafted resolution adopted unanimously by the council also called on the Libyan government to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles in coordination with international authorities.
I thought Khadafy already did that.
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And about those civilians not impacted:
"NATO airstrikes killed scores of civilians, despite its denials" December 18, 2011|By C.J. Chivers and Eric Schmitt, New York Times
TRIPOLI, Libya - NATO’s seven-month air campaign in Libya, hailed by the alliance and many Libyans for blunting a lethal crackdown by Moammar Khadafy and helping to push him from power, also killed scores of civilians, a toll the alliance has long refused to acknowledge or investigate.
Not only does NATO make me sick, but the toll is likely in the thousands.
Of course, no one bothers investigating and those that do are either ignored or attacked.
By NATO’s telling during the war and in statements since sorties ended Oct. 31, the operation was nearly flawless, a model air war that used high technology, meticulous planning, and restraint to protect civilians from Khadafy’s troops.
Meaning IT WILL BE APPLIED WHEREVER and WHENEVER they want to because they will be SAVING YOU!
But an on-the-ground examination by The New York Times of airstrike sites across Libya found credible accounts of dozens of civilians killed by NATO in many distinct attacks.
I don't like the Times much, and think they are just scratching the surface here; however, they do deserve some credit for bothering to look.
In all, at least 40 civilians, and perhaps more than 70, were killed by NATO at these sites, available evidence suggests. While that total is not high compared with other conflicts in which Western powers have relied heavily on air power and is less than exaggerated accounts circulated by the Khadafy government, it is also not a complete accounting. Survivors and doctors working for the interim authorities point to dozens more civilians wounded in these and other strikes.
Yeah, right, Khadafy was a liar. Isn't that a bit like the pot calling the kettle.... oh, never mind.
Read: New York Times Eulogizes Khadafy
Yeah, Times really liked him, didn't they?
Two weeks after being provided a 27-page memorandum from the Times containing extensive details of nine separate attacks in which evidence indicated that allied planes had killed or wounded unintended victims, NATO modified its stance.
Collateral damage.
“From what you have gathered on the ground, it appears that innocent civilians may have been killed or injured, despite all the care and precision,’’ said Oana Lungescu, a spokeswoman for NATO headquarters in Brussels. “We deeply regret any loss of life.’’
The apology rings hollow, especially since the whole venture was based on lies (as usual) and is all part of the New World Order neo-con garbage.
NATO, however, deferred the responsibility of initiating any inquiry to Libya’s interim authorities, whose survival and climb to power were largely made possible by the airstrike campaign. So far, Libyan leaders have expressed no interest in examining NATO’s mistakes.
And that is why those tens of thousands of people murdered by them will be deposited into the media memory hole.
The failure to thoroughly assess the civilian toll reduces the chance that allied forces, which are relying ever more heavily on air power rather than risking ground troops in overseas conflicts, will examine their Libyan experience to minimize collateral deaths elsewhere.
The Times investigation also found significant damage to civilian infrastructure from attacks for which a rationale was not evident or risks to civilians were clear.
Yeah, I THOUGHT SO -- and here it is being brought up in the LAST PARAGRAPH of the piece!
These included strikes on warehouses that current anti-Khadafy guards said contained only food, or near businesses or homes that were destroyed, including an attack on a munitions bunker beside a neighborhood that caused a large secondary explosion, scattering warheads and toxic rocket fuel.
In other words, it wasn't all that clean.
And that's where the Boston Globe leaves it.
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