Lessons for Sri Lanka from the Libyan experience
Posted on August 28th, 2013

Shenali D Waduge

It is not difficult to conclude that Western imperial powers are mapping out their war master plan for economic and political domination across regions. They are openly and covertly interfering in domestic affairs, they are now even openly arming opposition groups, their motive is to destabalize governments that do not follow their policies and their cohorts in crime, the media agencies are doing a splendid job of giving the print news to help the public form their opinion against governments and leaders. We are witnessing a digital brainwashing at its best and humanitarian intervention/R2P or rather imperial intervention appears to be the way forward.

(If Imperialists want) Insurgents can and will be trained (even against international laws): They make them ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” they can break them!

Contrary to all laws what took place in Libya and now taking place openly in Syria is the manner the West is not only training rebels but providing them arms and financial support as well as steering their attacks. This is the future template in future R2P situations and Asia needs to be alert.

Regime Overthrow ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” once planned does no detours:

If a Government is listed to be overthrown ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” no amount of compromising will change that decision. Forsaking the country and its citizens in order to appease will result in not only being considered a betrayer of the nation but the eventual enemy of the nationƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s advocating regime change. These nations do not turn enemies into friends ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” their friends are treated as enemies. Saddam, Osama, Mubarak, Gaddafi share startling parallels.

The lies:

They say their concerns is not about regime change ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” but it is

They will say their concern is about deaths of ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”civiliansƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ providing verifiable proof about their deaths.

They will sell a different version to their plan to their people ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” these countrymen continue to be fooled.

They will say they would retreat once their R2P humanitarian mission is over ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” but they will not. Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Libya are all living examples.

ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”TheirƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ reporters will provide the lies ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” the entire landscape will be changed according to what suits their plans, photos will be created, witnesses will emerge, video clippings are supposed to provide evidence. The media magic will do wonders.

Getting rid of the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”DictatorsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢

When Gaddafi gave money to the Sarkozy election campaign, he was not a ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”dictatorƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, when Gaddafi struck deals with the West showering them with money, he was no ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”dictatorƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” but he became the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”worldƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢sƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ worst enemy and was hounded and unceremoniously deposed. Any democratically elected leader can easily be tagged ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”dictatorƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ and marked to receive the same fate as that of Gaddafi, Saddam and Mubarak.

Why were nationalist leaders like late Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Fidel Castro of Cuba, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Jong-il of North Korea, Rafael Correa Delgado of Ecuador, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Bashar Al-Assad of Syria targeted?

Why were Sukarno of Indonesia, Salvador Allende of Chile, Jean Bertrand Aristide in Haiti, Manuel Zelaya of Honduras, Sandinistas in Nicaragua, Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala and Mossadeg of Iran successfully overthrown?

What were GaddafiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s real crimes?

In the case of Gaddafi his fault was to challenge the captains of global finance.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  His list of crimes included:

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Advocating a welfare state (not for giant corporations but for people in need). Before the imperialist-orchestrated overthrow of Gaddafi, Libya was the highest living standard nation in Africa better than the rich Western-backed Saudi Arabia.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Guaranteeing subsistence ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” all Libyans were provided free health care

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Under gender equality, UNDP ranked Libya as 52 (Egypt was 108, Algeria 70, Saudi Arabia 128)

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Resisting to join the US/NATO sponsored military alliance in the region (both Libya and Syria were 2 Mediterranean nations refusing to subordinate to US/NATO designs to control the Sea Basin and Middle East)

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Both nations refused to participate in NATOƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Operation Active Endeavor naval patrols

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Both nations refused to be a member of NATOƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Mediterranean Dialogue military partnership which includes most regional countries: Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Gaddafi refused to join the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), designed to control valuable resources in Africa, safeguard trade and investment markets in the region, and contain or evict China from North Africa (AFRICOM formed in 2007 has 49 countries signatory)

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Crime of promoting trade, development and industrialization projects at local, national, regional and African level ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Libya played a lead role in connecting entire African continent by telephone, television, radio broadcast, distance teaching, telemedicine by establishing RASCOM (Regional African Satellite Communication Organization) so that Africa would have its own satellite and slash communication costs in the continent. (this was a blow to the annual $500m Europe was making from its satellite transmission lease). Aid to launch project was refused by IMF and World Bank and eventually Gaddafi put $300m, the African Development Bank $50m, the West African Development Bank $27m and 49 African nations launched its first communication satellite on 26 Dec 2007.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  GaddafiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s crime was to maintain public ownership of its own central bank and authority to create its own national money. $30billion frozen by US Government belongs to the Central Bank of Libya.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Gaddafi was guilty of standing between the Western policy of ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”divide and ruleƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢. Gadafi wanted to create a United States of Africa while the EU wanted to create the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) region (but North Africa had to be cut off from rest of Africa on the principle of racism ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” that Africans of Arab region was more civilized than the rest of Africa)

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  GaddafiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s crimes including striking deals with BRIC countries ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Brazil, Russia, India and China

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚·ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Planning to trade with gold.

Methods used to oust governments vary:

Preferred option is non-military ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” will get leaders to agree to neoliberal strategies of Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) proposed by bigwigs of IMF and World Trade Organizations.

Countries would have to agree to allow their financial systems to be tied to network of global banking cartel. After much coercions Gaddafi agreed to a number of neoliberal economic reforms in 1983 which gave lucrative business investments to foreign companies ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” if national leaders disagree, the next option is the military one.

3 strategies were adopted on Libya:

1.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Creating the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”uprisingsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ and backdrop ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”supportƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ for ouster of Gaddafi (Egypt and Tunisia carbon copy but became uncontrollable resulting in military rule)

2.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Brutal crackdown of supposedly ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”spontaneousƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”peaceful uprisingsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” while there are forces to galvanize the peaceful protests there are forces to turn these peaceful events into violent ones to blame the targeted Governments

3.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  The New Spring ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” scenario of civil war, orchestrated chaos

What NATO did

The NATO Alliance flew more than 26,000 flight missionsƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ including 9,658 strike sorties. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ This pales in comparison to the U.S.-led ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Desert StormƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ Gulf War air campaign of 1991, which lasted less than 45 days and saw the international coalition fly over 100,000 sorties and drop 85,000 tons of bombs. NATOƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Operation Allied ForceƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ against Yugoslavia in 1999 lasted slightly longer at 78 days, in which more than 38,000 sorties were accomplished. UNHRC head is silent on NATO crimes nor are they ever investigated.

The real interests

Countries are targeted not without reason. If it is not oil it is natural resources, if it is not that it is geopolitical or strategic sealane for trade ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” countries are taken over because of commercial and political advantage (in that order).

US and NATO said their mandate was to protect the Libyan civilians ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” it turned out they were on a witch hunt for Gaddafi.

Protection of Libyan civilians does not entail bombing Libya

National leaders MUST NOT act as puppets

To become a real ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”allyƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ and true ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”friendƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, national leaders have to grant the West and the global financierƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s FULL control of its economic, geopolitical and foreign policy. Translated this means completely foregoing national sovereignty and leaders who agree to that will be showered with all that meets their material desires until they are eventually discarded or even eliminated. Not only would their ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”friendsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ have got tired of looking after them the entire country would look down upon them as ridiculing the nation and betraying future generations of natives ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” such leaders are destined to enter history books with hate. Therefore this option is nothing that national leaders should ever consider taking whatever pressures are brought upon them by the powers that be. The people are the best defense ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” get close to the majority populace that is where oneƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s safety is not by distancing from them. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

Be wary of ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”unarmedƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ protests

The evidence that the supposed ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”spontaneousƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”unarmedƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”peacefulƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ protest demonstrations in Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain and Libya were all nurtured orchestrated and armed from abroad collaborating with expat opposition groups, locally funded allies is something all targeted nations need to keep in mind. The template is being replicated all over.

Be wary of ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”FriendsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ even ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Family ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…”

Having penetrated into the Gaddafi family, former UK premier was best of buddies with GaddafiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s son so much so that in thinking the GaddafiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s will not be hounded, the son divulged details which eventually was used against them and helped in facilitating the ousting.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi described former prime minister Blair as a ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”personal family friendƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ and he had visited Libya many times since 2007. It was in 2010 that Saif claimed that ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”HeƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s (Blair) adviser to the LIA, the Libyan Investment Authority. He has some consultancy role.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ It was only after BlairƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s visit to Libya in 2004 that BP signed a $900million deal with the Libyan National Oil Company. The rest is not hard to figure out just as how Sarkozy used Gaddafi money for his election campaign and thereafter disowned even knowing Gaddafi ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Blair did the same.

MediaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s role in overthrowing Governments

When people rely on information the power of media can never be underestimated. Only a handful would go the length to discover for themselves the truth the media relays. Thus, the media becomes a perfect tool to distort the truth. They can create just about any story. In the case of Libya, they reported Gaddafi was mass murdering ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” he was not, they reported Libyans wanted to get rid of Gaddafi ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” but they did not report that 1million Libyans (in a country of 6million) came out in support of Gaddafi.

We know how media lied on Iraq and Afghanistan and the information they withheld from the public. Can media be trusted to ever tell the truth?

Media reported LibyaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s crimes but was totally silent on NATOƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s 24 hour non-stop bombing indiscriminate bombings.

Media reports on crimes by President AssadƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s troops in Syria but not a word gets said about Western-backed rebels imported and now scattered all over Syria.

How could a responsible media leave out that the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”rebelsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ in Libya were armed from the very first day (which categorically proves it was not a peaceful movement)

Why did media hide that the rebels were working hand in glove with Western intelligence?

Why did media not admit that GaddafiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s government WAS NOT carrying out aerial attacks against protestors or even mass rape as they alleged.

Why didnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t media accept that 10,000 people were not killed in Benghazi by GaddafiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s government but only 110 on both sides prior to NATOƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s attack?

Did the Western news agencies along with Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya not lie and fabricate stories as they continue to do in Syria?

Why did the mainstream media conveniently omit to report on NATOƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s non-stop air raids, killing people and destroying homes, hospitals, schools? On 8-9 Aug 2011, 85 died including 33 children in a city in Misurata from NATOƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s deliberate targeting of residential areas and civilian infrastructure ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” why were these crimes not highlighted?

Why did media purposely describe armed rebels as freedom fighters?

We notice that ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”unarmed protestorsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ has become a good tool to use as was seen repeated in Syria where allegations abound about mass scale killing of peaceful protestors and civilians committed by their own government.

Thereafter corporate media run the sensationalist, unverifiable ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”eye-witnessƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ reports that are meant to steer anti-government rhetoric.

Media misinformation was proven in the lies on the massacres in Houla and Hama, BBC ran a photo from Iraq claiming it was taken in Syria. Incidentally, the Houla massacre took place the day before Kofi Annan was to arrive in Syria and was obviously planned to embarrass Assad and we see similar episodes take place elsewhere too. These ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”massacresƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ were all opportunities to justify ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”interventionƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ the main goal.

Yet, after Libya it is obvious that foreign intelligence agencies are very much steering the rebel movements both in Libya and Syria.

In viewing what took place in Libya and now taking place in Syria and comparing it with the scenarios currently taking place in Sri Lanka it is time to draw parallels and to wonder who is target and who are helping as well as the likely scenario. Leaders, the Government, the Opposition need to now think which way they wish to steer the country ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” do they betray the people for their own personal survival (which is NOT guaranteed as examples foretell) by turning Sri Lanka to a client state or do they with the backing of the people use diplomacy to sail the odds to continue to maintain the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the nation. Either way Sri Lanka is in for hard times, not helped in the least by bandwagons of forces even within the Government who are out to personally profit from making whatever deals they can.

7 Responses to “Lessons for Sri Lanka from the Libyan experience”

  1. Lorenzo Says:

    Saudis are behind ALL these terrorist attacks. They are TOO RICH.

    The HEAD of the octopus should be busted. I hope Russia nukes Saudi before Saudis attack Sochi Olympics.

    USA, UK and France DANCE to the tune of Saudi monarch.

    IF allowed to go ahead, they will REGIME CHANGE Syria, then Iran, then Russia, then China.

    Saudi GHANGHIS KHANS must be stopped.

  2. Lorenzo Says:

    Even before the UN chemical Weapons Inspectors’ investigation STARTED, USA, UK and France have already decided Syrian govt. used chemical weapons!!!

    This is a joke.

    Now they want the UN inspectors to JUSTIFY their DECISION with some BS evidence.

    WHEN the so called chemical attack happened UN inspectors were THERE IN SYRIA to inspect another incident. Syrian govt. would be TOTALLY DUMB to use them when the UN team was in Syria!!

    Assad was WINNING the war so he had NO NEED to use them.

    FUKUSA – France, UK, USA ALWAYS wanted to attack Libya and Syria and now they have found a good excuse.

    SEE HOW THEY CHANGE their allegation WHEN the report comes. Then they will say Syrian chemical weapons were used without saying WHO used them and then attack Syria ANYWAY!!!

    May be we should learn a lesson. Get some thugs to attack TNA voters and blame TNA for killing OWN people to showcase to international community and grill them behind bars.

    Assad’s BEST escape is attacking Israel. That’s what Saddamn did. He attacked Israel and all ARAB people start supporting him. Then Saudi, Jardanian, etc. DICTATORS feared to take ANY action against him because then their people would kill them or depose them. IF Assad and his terrorist buddies can attack Isreal IF USA attacks Syria, then the war will SPREAD and many others will have to join in.

    IF Israel attacks Syria, then the entire ARABIC UMMAH will get together to attack Israel back complicating the FUKUSA plan.

  3. Lorenzo Says:

    “DUBAI – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief warned a US military attack on Syria would lead to the “imminent destruction” of Israel and would prove a “second Vietnam” for America, according to an Iranian news agency.”

    -jpost

    That Vietnam part is WRONG.

  4. Ananda-USA Says:

    Lorenzo is CORRECT … in part…. that Saudi’s are behind many of the “Arab Uprisings”.

    But that is not the WHOLE STORY: there are other Arab collaborators …. notably the Quataris, who are getting to be VERY AGGRESSIVE peeping out from under the protection of the US Navy military umbrella based in Quatar.

    The US believes that these two countries are US allies and serve US interests as puppets on a string whenever the US wants to destabilize and implement a regime change in the Arab world.

    BOTH the US and its medieval Arab allies are WRONG. Here is why:

    Saudi Arabia and Quatar are hotbeds of SUNNI Wahhabi religious activism which coexists with their Royal Families in a uneasy TEMPORARY truce. Their war is mainly directed against the INFIDEL Shia Moslem countries and movements. For now, they have forgotten their ancient enemy Israel against whom they were actively waging war only a decade ago, but Israel has forgotten NOTHING as it pursues its own national agenda with single-minded determination. The fallacy of their current position is two fold:

    A. The SUNNI religious extremists … who are aligned with Al-Quaida… have the toppling of the Arab monarchies as their next important goal. They believe that the Royals are DECADENT and not sufficiently PURITANICAL in their pursuit of the SUNNI Jihad against ALL infidels.

    The Islamic constitution of the now deposed Morsi government of Egypt augurs the future of all Arab monarchies. The Muslim Brotherhood is now deposed but they will be back with a vengeance in the future! Years of funding of the Wahhabi zealots by the Arab Royals desperately hoping to co-opt the Jihadist monster has spawned entrenched madrasas and jihadist movements worldwide that cannot be easily eradicated. The Royalists will ultimately be consumed by the Jihadist holocaust and will rue the day when they slept with these intolerant fanatics. However, do not be deceived: the hands that toppled the Morsi government of Egypt speaks English with American and Israeli accents.

    B. US policy in the Middle East is largely driven by the US Jewish Lobby/Jewish Diaspora to ensure the protection and continued economic and territorial growth of Israel. Everything the US does in the Middle East, from Iraq to Afghanistan, to the Arab Spring revolutions, and now the looming military strikes against Syria, are orchestrated by this movement. The US government has no will of its own that is independent of the Israeli Government in Jerusalem. Therefore, the gullible Arab Royals have in fact allied themselves with the PUPPET of their ancient Jewish enemy to consecutively destroy each Moslem nation-state.

    As the Arab enemies of Israel are brought down, ONE BY ONE, under various seemingly unrelated pretexts (nuclear non-proliferation, terrrorism, democracy, human rights, war crimes), their people are divided into warring camps destroying national cohesion and national will, their national infrastructure and defense organizations are reduced to rubble, and Arab nation-states are reduced to hapless entities totally incapable of confronting the Israeli juggernaut, and become ever more dependent on the US for their security and existence.

    A clear example of the all-encompassing Jewish influence on US Policy, is the Obama Administration’s current move to strike militarily at Syria BASED UPON UNVERIFIED EVIDENCE SUPPLIED BY ISRAEL of “Toxic Chemical Attacks by the Syrian Government”! This is the SAME APPROACH, in search of non-existent Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) based on unverified false information presumably supplied by Ahmed Chalabi, that led to the destruction and internal disintegration of Iraq. Who really manipulated Ahmed Chalabi and the US intelligence services to destroy Iraq … we will never know.

    Throughout history, ORGANIZATION into national structures is what gives ordinary people the power to collectively defend themselves. When those national organizations are disrupted by whatever overt or covert strategy of enemies, external and internal, the people are reduced to defenceless rabble.

    We Sri Lankans KNOW THIS WELL. We experienced this during the last 30 years fighting the Eelam wars, allowing various foreigners and NGOs to preach double standards, and brainwash and dictate to us how we should defend ourselves by kowtowing to the terrorist Eelamists.

    May the Noble Triple Gem Bless and Protect the current Patriotic UPFA Government of Sri Lanka that decisively rejected abject capitulation to the enemy, and rescued Sri Lanka’s sceptered crown from the gutter.

  5. Lorenzo Says:

    Agree with Ananda.

    When the Sunni (agreessive barbaric) sect fights with Shiias, the CLEAR WINNERS are the Jews.

    AS LONG AS THEY keep killing each other, Israel is SAFE.

    But there is a bigger threat. A NUCLEAR POWER in Iran is a threat to Israel. That MUST be stopped. But Israel+USA cannot take on Iran without suffering HUGE casualties. Iran’s ally Syria (as long as Shiia Assad is in power) will attack Israel in case of war with Iran. IF those attacks hit DIMONA nuclear plant of Israel or nuke stockpiles, that is the end of Israel. To PRE-EMPT that Israel made up this story to get the FOOLISH Americunts to attack Syria NOW without delay.

    IF Syria and Iran attack Israel in retaliation, that is a BIG boost to MuslimBrotherhood which will TOPPLE all Arabic DICTATORS and grab power democratically.

    How CLEVER it was to DROP Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt JUST BEFORE taking on Syria!!

    What Russia does is also important. Russia CAN (IF THEY HAVE THE WILL which I doubt) bring SANITY to insane middle east. An attack on Saudi will force the west to put up with Iranian oil.

  6. Lorenzo Says:

    “One veteran MP of the Labor party who has long been extremely critical of Israel, Gerald Kaufman (who is Jewish) claimed that it wasn’t only Syria who has stockpiles of chemical weapons and asked to “draw attention to the use by Israel of illegal chemical weapons in Gaza – white phosphorus? Surely Israel, too, has such weapons, and we should take that into account in looking at the spectrum.” (Kaufman was referring to the NATO-issued smoke-screen bombs used by the IDF in Operation Cast Lead which have phosphorus components).

    – haazt

    I thought ONLY Sinhalese had bloody traitors like Jeyalath J. they are among the Jews too!!!

    Best laid Israeli plans gone wrong. The ALLEGED PHONE TAP by Mosssad that started all this chemical attack this is now DOUBTED by the world.

    But a good outcome. 272-285 Syria war REJECTED by UK parliament.

    BUT FRANCE does NOT need parliamentary approval. The EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT can make the decision to go to war.

  7. Lorenzo Says:

    FUKUSA has disintegrated into FUSA. For now.

    BUT there is a BIGGER threat lurking here.

    Muslims are the FASTEST GROWING ethnic group in UK. Their votes are CRUCIAL for MPs to win their seats back. That was why 285 voted AGAINST war in Syria. That is why (Tamilians in place of Arabs) UK talks BS against SL too.

    Arabs are the next Tamils in Europe!!

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