Libya: This is Nato's dirty war
In its bungled strike against Colonel Gaddafi that reportedly killed one of his sons and three of his grandchildren, Nato has wildly exceeded its United Nations mandate. It has not only taken up the role of a protagonist in the killing of civilians, but it also appears to have become an active combatant in an undeclared and illegal war against the Libyan government. In this, Nato is now mirroring the illegality and immorality of the Libyan authorities it affects to want to interdict – and in so doing it has taken on the dirty work for a diffident United States.
And dirty, dirty work it is. Make no mistake, Nato's strategy violates international law, shows callous disregard for the innocent, and prosecutes a war approved by no international body, declared by no national parliament and sanctioned by no moral code.