RAF and other NATO members did bomb seven bells out of Libya, partially helping the rebels to achieve what we have now-the destruction of a functioning state and creating an almighty ungovernable violent rabble with thousands of miles of lawless coastline at the gate of civilization (Europe)which they cant seem to control.
From which attacks by Islamic terror organizations will spring eventually. At present this coastline seems to be the springboard for thousands of displaced people to try and reach Europe for a better life. Hundreds seem to be drowning in the attempt on a weekly basis now.
Wiser heads of European countries could perhaps have figured this out a few years back....still, we had CameronandSarcozy.
Damned if they did and damned if they didn't. Don't forget, the trigger for the "intervention" was Gadaffyducks threat to butcher the residents of Benghazi. ISTR the word genocide being flung about with gay abandon. Back then, many people were also busily wailing
Something's got to be done. How many will die before we help?
They got what they asked for. It's only a matter of luck (not the
intent of Millipedes manoeuvring) that the Guardianista / Beeb class haven't managed to get us involved on the ground in Syria as well.
Back in the 90s I remember a defence study which attempted to look at the future in 2015. It was a NATO event and although I haven't dug out the material in years, the one thing it did suggest was that mass movement of refugees / displaced persons / economic migrants from Africa to Europe was going to be a major feature. None of that was predicated on us getting involved in Iraq / Afghanistan / Libya (delete as appropriate). This has been coming long before that.......