Why Isn’t NATO Prosecuted?

While the Libyan nation is being hit harder with NATO’s rain of bombs, the International Criminal Court intervenes in the war on the aggressor’s side.

It was expected that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague would issue an arrest warrant for Libya’s leader, Moammar Gadhafi. The Chief Prosecutor of the Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, had already declared his will to do so in May.

The ICC’s “wanted” list has nothing to do with either justice or the investigation of war crimes. For how can one prosecute a country’s leader for murder and persecution of the civilian population and, at the same time, close one’s eyes to the fact that the civilian population of the same country is being attacked in a bloody war?

Of course, there is a war in Libya, a foreign aggression carried out by NATO with the help of countries that are not its members, such as Sweden and Qatar. During a three-month period, NATO aggressors have carried out more than 4,400 attacks, according to the military alliance’s own statistics.

The big media keep silent about effects of the war. The attack was motivated, as we know, by a humanitarian effort aimed at protection of the civilian population. However, more voices are testifying to the fact that this war kills, injures and devastates.

One of these voices is former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. After having experienced the war on the ground, she now travels across the United States and speaks at meetings.

“I went to Libya to find out the truth. I went to Libya because the people of the world want peace and I’m tired of our government continuing to fight murderous wars based on lies. I saw the utter devastation of the bombing campaign first hand,” said McKinney in front of 150 [people] in Chicago.

She spoke about how the sanctions choke the Libyan nation, how big buildings shook when Tripoli was attacked, and she showed clearly that U.S. bombs kill Libyan children.

The fact that the ICC and Luis Moreno Ocampo close their eyes to imperialism’s war crimes in Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and so on is nothing new. The Court is selective with whom it chooses to act against. Currently, there are only Africans on the list of prosecuted individuals.

The fact that Gadhafi, his son, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, and the chief of Libyan intelligence services are on the “wanted” list is the same thing nowadays as saying that it’s okay to kill them. About the same as with Osama bin Laden.

However, these actions are strongly criticized by the powers that want peace in Libya. South African President Jacob Zuma expresses an “extreme disappointment and concern” as the arrest warrant undermines the peace talks carried out by the African Union.