Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)

I would certainly welcome and fully support the move of the peoples of Libya for democracy but I do not believe the role of the UN and, in particular, NATO has done anything to further that aim. I note the Tánaiste said we have not received a request as of yet but, clearly, he would be open to an Irish intervention if that was the case. When one considers the role of the UN in the scenario in Libya to date, one would have to examine this. In reality, what we have had is a cover under the guise of the need to protect civilians, a claim that was contradicted by Amnesty and Human Rights Watch. There was a military intervention on one side of a civil war which went beyond the original objective of United Nations Resolution 1973-----

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