April 8, 2011 -- ESSF -- While it is accepted that Gaddafi and his model of ruling is
autocratic and repressive and cannot be supported by any progressive
grouping, a few things also need to be stated about NATO and its
discourse of humanitarian intervention and let us state them clearly.
After drowning Iraq and Afghanistan in blood, Western imperialism has now sunk its fangs into Libya. Like a wild beast that smells the scent of its prey from a distance, it has seized upon the rebellion in Libya as if it were the opportunity of a lifetime. Attempts by the United States, Britain and France to portray the bombardment of Libya as a humanitarian act are totally fraudulent. Saudi Arabia sent its troops to crush the protesters of Bahrain, yet here the US and NATO silently watched, or rather, covertly assisted their ally. So why the attack on Libya? The answer is oil.