I. Introduction
In 2011, Operation Unified Protector was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation that performed air strikes over Libya, destabilizing the country and enabling the execution of Libya’s dictator of 42 years, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) justified the Libya Intervention for NATO allies on the grounds of a humanitarian threat thought to occur at the direction of Gaddafi. However, the humanitarian crisis never occurred. Thus, I conclude that the United States, UNSC, and the NATO allies involved in the Intervention are responsible for Libya’s present-day humanitarian catastrophe, destabilization, and the killing of Gaddafi.
In this paper I will provide a brief history of the relations between the U.S. and Libya since 1979 and give an overview of the 2011 NATO-led “Humanitarian Intervention” (Intervention) in Libya. I will examine the stated motivations behind the NATO-backed …show more content…
The war-torn states and their civilians cannot sufficiently pick themselves up from nothing and rebuild unless provisions and support are available. Hence, not having a stabilization and rebuilding plan is unacceptable. In the case of Libya, the U.S. and her allies are failing the Libyans by doing nothing, or at best, modest humanitarian aid.
As for the spread of terrorism and Islamic extremism in Libya, I hold the U.S., UNSC, and NATO responsible for the insurgency and what follows in the future. Gaddafi was dealing with the insurgents and, by all appearances and what Kuperman reports, Gaddafi was pushing the rebels out (2015). We did not give Gaddafi long enough to clear his country on his own. From the time the NATO-led coalition showed up and forced Gaddafi out of control the damage and casualties were a direct result of the coalition’s
In 2011, Operation Unified Protector was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation that performed air strikes over Libya, destabilizing the country and enabling the execution of Libya’s dictator of 42 years, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) justified the Libya Intervention for NATO allies on the grounds of a humanitarian threat thought to occur at the direction of Gaddafi. However, the humanitarian crisis never occurred. Thus, I conclude that the United States, UNSC, and the NATO allies involved in the Intervention are responsible for Libya’s present-day humanitarian catastrophe, destabilization, and the killing of Gaddafi.
In this paper I will provide a brief history of the relations between the U.S. and Libya since 1979 and give an overview of the 2011 NATO-led “Humanitarian Intervention” (Intervention) in Libya. I will examine the stated motivations behind the NATO-backed …show more content…
The war-torn states and their civilians cannot sufficiently pick themselves up from nothing and rebuild unless provisions and support are available. Hence, not having a stabilization and rebuilding plan is unacceptable. In the case of Libya, the U.S. and her allies are failing the Libyans by doing nothing, or at best, modest humanitarian aid.
As for the spread of terrorism and Islamic extremism in Libya, I hold the U.S., UNSC, and NATO responsible for the insurgency and what follows in the future. Gaddafi was dealing with the insurgents and, by all appearances and what Kuperman reports, Gaddafi was pushing the rebels out (2015). We did not give Gaddafi long enough to clear his country on his own. From the time the NATO-led coalition showed up and forced Gaddafi out of control the damage and casualties were a direct result of the coalition’s