Libya, hypocrisy and betrayal by the UNITED NATIONS

By Felicity Arbuthnot-London

' If you want to get a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-forever. '--George Orwell.

Bombing of Libya will begin or almost on the day of the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the destruction of Iraq, 20 March, in Europe. Libya will also be destroyed-its schools, the education system, water, infrastructure, hospitals, municipal buildings. There will be several "tragic mistakes", "collateral damage", mothers, fathers, children, babies, grandparents, blind and deaf schools and on and on. And wonders of the world of Roman remains and a former predominantly enduring and revered in all of history as Iraq, turmoils the country's history and humanity, again as Iraq and Afghanistan, will be gone, forever.

The infrastructure will be destroyed. Embargo remains in place, so rebuild will be impossible. United Kingdom, France and the U.S.., decides the country needs to "stabilize", "help with reconstruction." They will move in, secure the oil installations and oil fields, the Libyan population will be incidental generation and quickly become "the enemy", "insurgents" will be shot, imprisoned, tortured, abused-and U.S.-friendly puppet "Government" will be installed.

The attackers will reward businesses rebuilding contracts, money-probably taken from Libya's frozen assets without accounting-will disappear and the country will remain largely in ruins.

And highest cheerleaders, such as Iraq, want to run round the tv and radio stations in London, Europe and the United States then returning to their safe apartments and their UK/United States/Europe paid tenures, in the knowledge that no bombs to drop them. their children will not shake the uncontrollable and soiling himself with terror at the sound of approaching aircraft.

And this Libyan "shock and Awe"? Shame shame on France, United Kingdom and the United States and the UN's acknowledged: "... to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war." Each shattered body each child maimed or blown to bits, each widow, widower, rare diseases, will have their name on these countries and the UN., written in their blood in their place of death.

And the public of these murderous, marauding Western ram raiders, will know that we bring democracy, liberating Libya from a tyrant from "New Hitler", "the butcher in Bengazi."

Those countries which have ganged together these last days, in order to overthrow a sovereign Government has, once again, arguably, conspired in Nürnbergs: "... Supreme international crime, differs only from other war crimes, contains in itself the whole accumulated evil", and once again plotted to overthrow a sovereign Government, with a fig leaf "legality" from an arm twisted UN. We have seen it all before.

In time, it will emerge as a stirring, bribe, de-stabilizing-and probably a few will be surprised by the results. But before then, Libya is broken for a long time and its population, refugees, displaced persons, in despair.

When it comes to handling the usual "liberators", be careful what you want. In six months or so, most Libyans, notwithstanding the deficiencies in the last 40 years of rule, regret the day.

-Felicity Arbuthnot is a journalist and activist, who has visited the Arab and Muslim world on numerous occasions. She has written and broadcast on Iraq, her cover was nominated for several awards. She was also senior researcher to John Pilger award-winning documentary film, "Pay the price: killing the children of Iraq". She contributed this article to PalestineChronicle.com.