Belated victors' justice

Why has the international arrest warrant against Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi only been issued now? asks the conservative daily Lidové noviny: "The International Criminal Court cites Gaddafi's repression of demonstrations with every means at his disposal as the reason for the warrant. Fine, but Gaddafi and his henchmen have committed plenty of atrocities in the past. Libyan bombs destroyed the Berlin disco La Belle and blew up a US jet over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. Gaddafi's 'judiciary' condemned Bulgarian nurses in Libya to death. Were those not crimes against humanity? Yes, but they were forgiven after Gaddafi adopted a more accommodating stance to the West. At the time, international justice served politics. Today it metes out victors' justice even though no one has won yet. ... If the Western community is unwilling to help the rebels in their ground war now then Libyan justice should be left to these rebels once they gain power."

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