Libya Then and Now: An Overview of NATO’s Handiwork

Global Research | 4 March 2016 Originally published in November 2014  In 2011, as the entire world watched the Arab Spring in amazement, the US and its allies, predominantly  working under the banner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), militarily overran the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The peaceful civilian protesters…

The Fallacy of ‘Humanitarian’ War

Graham E. Fuller | 20 March 2016 Rajan Menon’s new book, The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention, launches a timely argument against a dominant argument lying behind so much of modern American foreign policy — “humanitarian intervention” or “liberal interventionism.” We are, of course, well familiar with Republican and neocon readiness to go to war, but…

Tony Blair grilled by MPs over Libya

Sky News | 11 Dec 2015 Tony Blair has been defending his dealings with the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. He was questioned by MPs about the UK’s foreign policy on Libya while he was prime minister and after. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uvVlcBN5js&w=640&h=360] Blair denies ‘protecting’ Colonel Gaddafi rt.com Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has denied trying…

The Arab Spring: Made in the USA

Dissident Voice | 25 October 2015 Arabesque$: Enquête sur le rôle des États-Unis dans les révoltes arabes (Investigation into the US Role in the Arab Uprisings) is an update of Ahmed Bensaada’s 2011 book L’Arabesque Américaine. It concerns the US government role in instigating, funding and coordinating the Arab Spring “revolutions.” Most of this history has been…