Sir, – It is good to see that the Irish Government plans to contribute €1 million to the Libyan Storm Daniel disaster relief effort, but disappointing that the European Union only plans to contribute €500,000 so far. The UN has pledged $10 million but even this is inadequate.
Western mainstream media is highlighting the chaotic political and conflict situations in Libya as contributing factors to the huge death toll, without mentioning who and what helped cause Libya to become a failed state.
UN Security Council resolution 1973 in March 2011 approved a no-fly-zone resolution on Libya for “humanitarian” reasons, but this was seriously abused by Nato and its allies who launched over 14,000 air attacks on Libya and helped to overthrow its government, and then abandoned the Libyan people to over a decade of chaos. Eleven EU states – Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain, Britain, Bulgaria, Greece, Netherlands, and Romania – participated in this bombing, for the supposed reasons of bringing peace, freedom, human rights, and democracy to Libya.
The United Nations and the international community have failed the people of Libya, who now need not only our prayers but also much practical help in coping with this huge disaster.
Those who helped to destroy Libya need to be held accountable and need to be forced to pay reparations to undo some of the damage they have caused. – Yours, etc,
EDWARD HORGAN,
Castletroy,
Limerick.