The 2011 NATO intervention in Libya was sold as a humanitarian mission to prevent Gaddafi from massacring civilians in Benghazi. However, leaked Hillary Clinton emails from advisor Sidney Blumenthal revealed the true concerns: Gaddafi's plan to create a gold-backed African currency (the gold dinar) that would rival the dollar and euro, Libya's oil reserves, and French desire to gain a greater share of Libyan oil. A UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee investigation concluded in 2016 that 'the proposition that Muammar Gaddafi would have ordered the massacre of civilians in Benghazi was not supported by the available evidence.' Libya descended into a failed state with open slave markets.
The 2011 Libya intervention was justified by fabricated claims of imminent genocide, while leaked emails reveal the true motives were oil, gold, and preventing an African currency
βThe intervention in Libya was not about protecting civilians. It was about oil, preventing an African currency from challenging the dollar, and regime change.β
π The Receipts
βοΈ The Record, Side by Side
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
βWe have a responsibility to act when a leader threatens to massacre his own people. If we waited, the words 'too late' would ring in our ears.β
β President Barack Obama / NATO Β· Mar 2011
π They Laughed At Us
βWe have a responsibility to act when a leader threatens to massacre his own people. If we waited, the words 'too late' would ring in our ears.β
β³ The Vindication Timeline
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The Claim Is Made
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Confirmed: They Were Right
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Confirmed: They Were Right
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