Libyans are well aware of their long and largely painful history with Western powers - even if many in the West are not.
It's a national holiday in Libya today.
One of several declared by Col Muammar Gaddafi, but with an ironic twist this year, with British warplanes currently bombing from the skies above.
In Libya, 28 March is British Evacuation Day, to mark the final departure of British forces in 1970.
Later the same year, the Americans packed up their own airbase too - hoping to stay on good terms with the newly-installed Col Gaddafi to protect their oil interests in Libya.
It's a reminder that the main players in the Western coalition have a lot more history there than outsiders realise - but which Libyans themselves do not forget.
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