NATO's Debacle in Libya
Submitted on July 17, 2011
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN - July 15-17, 2011
The reports...of the deliberations of NATO’s Contact Group have a surreal quality, as [the U.S.] Secretary of State...and British Foreign Minister...gravely re-emphasize their commitment to regime change and the strengthening of ties to the Transitional Council in Benghazi, while the humiliation of the entire NATO expedition is entering the history books as an advertisement of the dangers of political fantasy in the service of “humanitarian interventionism”, appalling intelligence work, illusions about bombing and air power, and some of the worst press coverage in living memory.
