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Libya

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that a lot of people have said, ““We don't want another Iraq,”” but we should also listen to those people who said, ““We don't want another Bosnia.”” The prevention of a massacre was very important in these circumstances. On the difference between Libya and Iraq, I would say this: because the Libya operation has not involved an occupying force or an invading army, the Libyan people rightly feel that they have done this largely by themselves. Yes, they have had NATO assistance, for which they are grateful, but just as they own the end of Gadaffi, so they are owning the transition to democracy and all the problems of disorder and crime that there will be in the interim. However, from what I can see, they are dealing with those problems well, and we should be with them, but helping rather than telling them what to do.