Let’s hear the genuine reason for this attack on Libya

Are we once again walking into a morass which, as in Iraq and Afghanistan, we will be stuck in forever? And why are we once more interfering?

It would be nice for once if the politicians on both sides of the House gave us in plain English the real reason for this attack on Libya and not the fairy tales we were told for the other two which are still ongoing.

One wonders why these people, after 42 years of Gaddafi’s rule, have suddenly decided to have a revolution. Has an outside source inspired them, as in Chile, the Marsh Arabs in Iraq and recently Egypt? Surely genocide cannot be the reason as, from what we hear, the rebels attacked Gadaffi. Is he not entitled to retaliate? The Red Indians did in the USA and look where it got them.

One politician coined the phrase: “Peace in our time.” One wonders what time? Did he mean no more ticking of clocks or bombs? It would now appear to be: “He who lives by the sword will die by the sword.”

Noticeably Libya appeared to have tens of thousands of migrant workers. As Libya is inhabited by only six or seven million people, and apart from on the coastline one could hardly support many more, one wonders why so many migrant workers were required? Was the excuse for their skills, or that they will work for less?

Which brings to mind a recent conversation at a local bus stop, with a young English joiner who had been looking for work on a local city redevelopment site.

He was informed on the site that yes, there was work. Then he was asked if he could speak a specific foreign language. The young man replied in the negative and he was subsequently informed by the prospective employer that he could not be employed.

Could this have applied to Libyans who sought work in their own country?

My father often said the British public are the most gullible in the world. I wonder why.

From: Malcolm Naylor, Grange View, Otley.

AS we engage in yet another war on the grounds of humanitarianism and democracy without public consultation, how many have given a moment’s thought to the validity and meaning of democracy on which such wars are fought?

This new war commits us to years more of conflict by our so-called “representative” Government. But how many have been consulted?

I am still waiting to find out how my MP voted. But I don’t blame him in particular. I blame the system that falsely purports to be a democracy, which it most certainly is not. And how do we measure humanitarianism? If it is by the numbers killed there has been many more killed by intervention than there would have been had we not done so? And hypocrisy? Why do we only choose conflict that involves the supply of oil while ignoring the genocide that goes on elsewhere?

From: Charles E. Haywood, Doncaster Road, Whitley, Goole.

OH, what a lovely war – what is going through the minds of this Government? Why is it that as soon as there is unrest in the world Britain has to jump in feet first? Isn’t it about time we looked after the interest of the true British people?