'Libya not worth an ounce of British blood'

Columnist and the former editor of the Sun newspaper, Kelvin McKenzie, says there is no reason Britain and France should meddle in Libya's internal affairs. "First of all, we don't know whether there was going to be a massacre in Benghazi," the journalist told RT. "This was the PR. This was the [UK] government push. This was [Prime Minister David] Cameron's personal spin." This is Libyans fighting Libyans, McKenzie points out. "And who are we to say who should be running their country? After all, when I last looked, I didn't notice any Libyans interfere when the Cavaliers and the Roundheads took [part] in our revolution, or, as far as I could see, there was nobody from Tripoli wandering around in the French Revolution." The journalist says that, given all the aspects of the current conflict, including the composition of the rebel forces, which is not quite clear, it is a big question what the relationship between the UK and Libya is going to be like at the end of the war. "We have Al-Qaeda wandering around. How do we know that at the end of the day they don't end up running the damn country?" he said. "I prefer the Russian position, I prefer the Chinese position, I prefer the German position, all of which is the same: we wish you well, and we are not firing any guns and we are not sending in any planes," McKenzie added.
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[rollsthepaul]

Well, you could sacrifice Tony Blair, for the cause.

[33rddegreefilms]

What a pompus piece of shit windbag, total hypocrite! The media didnt make it easier to go to war? Are you kidding mate,what is soley responsible in shaping public opinion? Spin from various media based institutions. "Im very much in favour of our soldiers" what a cop out statement. I seem to remember the media publicising the Iraq WMD's that were non-existant. Would we have went to war if they had covered the truth in the first place? Definately not. What a total arsehole!

[hhhaaa68]

The guy is just talking about common sense, and some people just don't have.

[T0mat0S0up]

Nevermind Ghadaffi the real scum are these YouTube trolls. Every other comment borders on racism and false superiority.

[melnick1985]

"vain, glorious prime minister" lol

[winglibato]

THIS LEADER KNOWS THAT THEY GOT NO BUSINESS IN LIBYA,,,BUT HE SHOULD ALSO SAY FRANKLY THAT THE REASON FOR BOMBING LIBYA IS BCOZ BRITAIN IS A PUPPET OF DEVIL-AMERICA.....past mistakes is not a reason to kill gadhafi or his supporters....

[lolzorkid]

@Obelivion1 In all fairness, a lot of us don't want this, so please rephrase to something a long the lines of "Fuck the British Government". Then you are being fair.

[clemalford]

I used to think he was a Sun facist but I think on this score he is spot on.

[brad238899]

This guy is awesome! We need more people like him in the U.S..

[rw5791]

@33rddegreefilms looks like the english are up to their old tricks.70 years after their terrorist carpet bombing of the german population they are once again in the air, bombing with impunity a defenceless libya.

greetings from across the pond.kkk america.

[lauraleesmithagain]

Looks like it's become fashionable to say people's governments are lying about going to war. It's sad to me that people think it's that simple.. Anyway- 97% of Libya's oil goes to Europe and China. So there are excellent reasons as to why British soldiers are there.