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ISIS taking over Sirte, Libya
NATO displayed its truly destructive and sadistic nature when it obliterated Libya 5 years ago. Those who expose what happened, and what is still occurring there, are '
soft-killed'.
What began in 2011 with a violent assault against Libyans ended in a NATO-requested and UN-approved 'no-fly zone' that resulted in a massacre of unprecedented proportions. Nicholas Kristol at the
New York Times had the audacity to
claim that Libyans were running around shouting, as bombs fell on their heads, "Thank you, America!" The murder and mayhem was necessary, we were told, to 'protect civilians' from their leader. A glorious and benevolent act of kindness, the 'humanitarian intervention' would usher in a new 'civilized' regime and 'up-lift' ordinary Libyans.
In reality, an entire population was killed, maimed and terrorized while NATO and its 'rebels' displayed apparent enjoyment at tearing the country apart.
When NATO left and the bulk of 'Islamist' mercenaries were moved on to Syria, Libya was left mired in civil war hell. At which point the West changed its narrative - no longer was the intervention a 'triumph of Western values'; now it was 'a regrettable mistake'. The utility of this change in narrative lies in the fact that they're now saying they'll have to go back and 'fix the mess' (that they made). It's like the psychopath returning to the scene of its crime.
But they have no intention of 'fixing' anything - rather, they want to make sure the victim has no chance of recovering and telling her side of the story.
Comment: This IDF general ventured out from under the mass Israeli delusion to speak to this particular crowd commemorating the holocaust. In doing so, he endeavored to jog the audience into a broader and more accurate depiction of today's Israeli mindset, policy and action, and alluded to why that is important. It may have been a warning of what lies ahead, an alerting of what already was unfolding. Instead, he found closed ears, closed minds and anger. Coming under fire from rightwing politicians, he was obviously given an ultimatum. He caved and walked it back. Israelis are not prepared to look in the mirror, not now, maybe never. As a general and an IDF deputy chief of staff, he might survive. But as a brave guest speaker with a conscience in a pathocratic environment...not his best career move.