Chris Robins raised some interesting points in his letter (Oxford Mail, November 11) regarding whether Gaddafi should have been put on trial.

When wars end, it is always the victors who mete out “justice”.

If World War Two had been won by the Axis Powers we can safely assume that Churchill, Truman and Harris would have been put on trial.

If the doubtfully legal Iraq war had gone differently, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Blair might well have found themselves in the dock.

As for Gaddafi, he did give the impression of being something of a nutcase and we are told that he had no hesitation in killing his enemies, no different to the United States and Israel.

However, there was another side to him and although little publicity has been given in the mainstream media, alternative news sites tell us that: Electricity was provided free by the Libyan Government.

Education and medical care was free to the Libyan people.

Clean and drinkable water was available to most towns and cities.

Couples were given a government grant of $50,000 on getting married.

Parents were given $5,000 on the birth of a child.

Any Libyan wishing to buy a car received 50 per cent of its cost from the Government.

If anyone graduating from university was not able to find a job, the Government paid them the average wage until they found something.

All this was funded from oil revenues but it seems obvious that there were those who did not like this arrangement and would prefer those revenues to be diverted elsewhere. It will be interesting to see what happens to the revenues now that Libya has been “liberated”.

GORDON CLACK, Witney Road, Ducklington