Yes it was a massive mistake to take him out, a massive mistake for people on the ground, europeons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi >Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, was captured and killed on 20 October 2011 after the Battle of Sirte. Gaddafi was found west of Sirte **after his convoys were attacked by NATO aircraft.** He was then captured by National Transitional Council (NTC) forces and was killed shortly afterwards.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi#NATO >Immediately after Gaddafi's death, NATO released a statement denying it knew beforehand that Gaddafi was travelling in the convoy it struck. Admiral James G. Stavridis, NATO's top officer, said the death of Gaddafi meant that NATO would likely wind down its operations in Libya.[97] Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO secretary-general, said NATO would "terminate [its] mission in coordination with the United Nations and the National Transitional Council".[85] NATO GOOD BOI DINDU NUFFIN!!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya >Fighting in Libya ended in late October following the killing of Muammar Gaddafi, and NATO stated it would end operations over Libya on 31 October 2011. Libya's new government requested that its mission be extended to the end of the year,[40] but on 27 October, the Security Council unanimously voted to end NATO's mandate for military action on 31 October.[41] **It's reported that over the eight months NATO's members have caried out 7000 sorties bombings into Libya targeting Gaddaffi's forces.[42]** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya#United_Kingdom_Parliament_Investigation >An in depth investigation into the Libyan intervention and its aftermath was conducted by the U.K. Parliament's House of Commons' cross-party Foreign Affairs Committee, the final conclusions of which were released on 14 September 2016 in a report titled Libya: Examination of intervention and collapse and the UK's future policy options.[234] The report was strongly critical of the British government's role in the intervention.[235][236] **The report concluded that the government "failed to identify that the threat to civilians was overstated and that the rebels included a significant Islamist element."[237] In particular, the committee concluded that Gaddafi was not planning to massacre civilians, and that reports to the contrary were propagated by rebels and Western governments. Western leaders trumpeted the threat of the massacre of civilians without factual basis, according to the parliamentary report, for example, it had been reported to Western leaders that on 17 March 2011 Gaddafi had given Benghazi rebels the offer of peaceful surrender and also that when Gaddafi had earlier retaken other rebel cities there were no massacres of non-combatants.[238][239][240]** >**No evidence of civilian massacres by Gaddafi** Alison Pargeter, a freelance Middle East and North Africa (MENA) analyst, told the Committee that when Gaddafi's forces re-took Ajdabiya they did not attack civilians, and this had taken place in February 2011, shortly before the NATO intervention.[241] She also said that Gaddafi's approach towards the rebels had been one of "appeasement", with the release of Islamist prisoners and promises of significant development assistance for Benghazi.[241] >Briefing to Clinton According to the report, **France's motive for initiating the intervention was economic and political as well as humanitarian. In a briefing to Hillary Clinton on 2 April 2011, her adviser Sidney Blumenthal reported that, according to high-level French intelligence, France's motives for overthrowing Gaddafi were to increase France's share of Libya's oil production, strengthen French influence in Africa, and improve President Sarkozy's standing at home.[242] The report also highlighted how Islamic extremists had a large influence on the uprising, which was largely ignored by the West to the future detriment of Libya.[235][236]**