Thierry Meyssan: Libya and The End of Western Illusions

Merely half of Europeans still support the war against Libya, and even then, their position is based on erroneous information: In fact, they still believe that the "Gaddafi Regime" crushed the protests in Benghazi with brutal force, and bombed civilian districts in Tripoli, while the Colonel himself was warning of: "rivers of blood", if his compatriots continued to challenge his authority. During his two month investigation on the ground, he was able to verify that these accusations were pure propaganda intoxication, designed by the NATO powers to create the conditions for war, and relayed around the world by their television media, in particular by Al-Jazeera, CNN, BBC, and France24. However, the reader who doesn't know where he stands on this issue, and who, despite the brainwashing of September 11, and Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, is reluctant to accept that the United States, France, the UK and Qatar were actually capable of fabricating such lies, will be able to forge an opinion over time. NATO, the largest military coalition in history, has failed after five months of bombardments to overthrow the one it designated as a "tyrant". Every Friday, a large demonstration in support of the regime is organized in a different city, and all experts are unanimous in considering that Colonel Gaddafi enjoys at least 90% of popular support in Tripolitania, and 70% across the entire country, including the "rebel" areas. These are people who every single day put up with the evil blockade, aerial bombardments and ground fighting. None of them would defend anyone who committed them to fight for someone who is a tyrant, or who is guilty of any crimes. The second illusion includes not only Israel, as well as the monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Turkey.