organizations chief describe the operation is one of the most successful in the alliances history but it's patrick hayes a reporter for online magazine spiked says nato had no strategy other than regime change. what we see here more than anything else is opportunism of the worst possible sorts from western political leaders who are effectively trying to rewrite history through out this entire conflict and to give the impression that they have some kind of strategy they were completely disorientated completely reacting to events rather than directing them the transitional council broadly have been cherry picked by nato these are people that are effectively the puppets of the west that have been put in there because they are kind of safe representatives because the west fears you know what might actually happen if the libyan people actually try and take the democratic initiative for themselves effectively the n.t. ciena has become quite dependent upon western leaders for guidance and i think that's really kind of problematic in many ways because again they're not genuinely representing the libyan people a

for more on the story i'm joined now by patrick hayes he's a reporter for the online magazine spiked and joining us there in london thanks very much indeed patrick for being with us so colonel gadhafi is finally buried but it took the interim government five days to decide what to do with his body does that tell us anything about the unity of the m.t.c. at the moment but i think one of the most striking things from the n.p.c. that we must remember from the start is that this isn't a democratically elected body in fact this isn't really a body that's emerged through a political struggle in the people in libya it's instead it's very much. of cronies former cronies of gadhafi and people who are actively been cherry picked by western leaders to play these roles so that you don't have that much legitimacy in the eyes of the libyan people at the moment and i think that is going to be problematic going forward but. just to interrupt going forward the m.t.c. of course is an interim transitional government leading to elections in about eight months so we will see a democratically elected gover

ambassador to help american businesses to work with governors and mayors like governor beebee and patrick hayes who have job-creating investment back here doing what we do best making things and exporting those. we are also working to bring down other countries' internal trade barriers that denied the companies to compete fairly including abusive regulatory regimes, currency manipulations and labor and environmental standards and we are standing up for the intellectual property rights of american innovators. too often under attack nearly everywhere in the world come and to build up tomorrow's trading partners and create future opportunities for exporters we are changing the way we do international development and focusing on investment rather than aid. so everything i know tells me that we have the talent and the ingenuity and the work ethic to come through these difficulties that nothing is preordained. no outcome is inevitable. leading the world in the years ahead will take the same hard work, clear which places and commitment to share sacrifice and service that built the country's greatness

ambassador to help american businesses to work with governors and mayors like governor beebee and patrick hayes who have job-creating investment back here doing what we do best making things and exporting those. we are also working to bring down other countries' internal trade barriers that denied the companies to compete fairly including abusive regulatory regimes, currency manipulations and labor and environmental standards and we are standing up for the intellectual property rights of american innovators. too often under attack nearly everywhere in the world come and to build up tomorrow's trading partners and create future opportunities for exporters we are changing the way we do international development and focusing on investment rather than aid. so everything i know tells me that we have the talent and the ingenuity and the work ethic to come through these difficulties that nothing is preordained. no outcome is inevitable. leading the world in the years ahead will take the same hard work, clear which places and commitment to share sacrifice and service that built the country's greatness