David Cameron’s Libyan legacy to haunt EU

Cameron promised aid to jubilant crowds in Benghazi following Gaddafi’s death, but now the country is a failed state and the the Isis terrorist gateway into Europe

An armed rebel fighter patrols the area outside one of Colonel Gaddafi's compounds in Tripoli, Libya, just months before the dictators capture In October 2011 Picture: Zuma Press

This BBC news video is well worth a YouTube visit. ‘Libya: Cameron and Sarkozy mobbed in Benghazi’ was shot exactly six years ago last Tuesday. The conquering EU leaders from Britain and France, arrive in triumph after Nato bombers – with UN Security Council support – destroyed Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.

British prime minister David Cameron and French president Nicolas Sarkozy are carried shoulder high into the main square by jubilant citizens. Cameron grabs ...