Pilger: The West brings gifts of war and racism http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/47351 

The Euro-US attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense.It is the West’s response to popular uprisings in strategic, resource-rich regions of the world and the beginning of a war of attrition against the new imperial rival, China.US President Barack Obama’s historical distinction is now guaranteed. He is the US’s first black president to invade Africa.His assault on Libya is run by the US Africa Command, which was set up in 2007 to secure the continent’s lucrative natural resources from Africa’s impoverished people and the rapidly spreading commercial influence of China. 

Libya, along with Angola and Nigeria, is China’s principal source of oil. As US, British and French planes incinerate both “bad” and “good” Libyans, the evacuation of 30,000 Chinese workers is under way, perhaps permanently. Statements by Western officials and media that a “deranged and criminal Colonel Gaddafi” is planning “genocide” against his own people still await evidence.  This is reminiscent of fraudulent claims that required “humanitarian intervention” in Kosovo, the final dismemberment of Yugoslavia and the establishment of the biggest US military base in Europe.