a failed state — a state that has disintegrated to a point where the government no longer performs its function properly. Libya has become the main exit for migrants trying to get to Europe. In September 2015, South African President Jacob Zuma said that "consistent and systematic bombing by NATO forces undermined the security and caused conflicts that are continuing in Libya and neighbouring countries ... It was the actions taken, the bombarding of Libya and killing of its leader, that opened the flood gates." In a 2016 interview with Fox News, U.S. President Barack Obama stated that the "worst mistake" of his presidency was "probably failing to plan for the day after what I think was the right thing to do in intervening in Libya." Obama also acknowledged there had been issues with following up the conflict planning, commenting in a 2016 interview with The Atlantic magazine that British Prime Minister David Cameron had allowed himself to be "distracted by a range of other things". Notes See also Aftermath of the Libyan Civil War European migrant crisis Second Libyan Civil War Killing of Muammar Gaddafi Protests against the 2011 military intervention in Libya United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 US military campaign in Libya against ISIS Bombing of Libya, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, response to 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing Iraqi no-fly zones, two similar operations carried out over Iraq: Operation Northern Watch Operation Southern Watch Operation Deny Flight, similar operation carried out during the Bosnian War (1992–1995) 1995 NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ouadi Doum air raid, 1986 French air raid on Libyan airbase in Chad 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War References Further reading External links Libya: Examination of intervention and collapse and the UK's future policy options (html)(pdf) (2016) Conclusions of an in-depth investigation by the U.K. Parliament's House of Commons' bipartisan Foreign Affairs Committee. Libya: Examination of intervention and collapse and the UK's future policy options inquiry Libya: allied military assets and initial attack sites. The Guardian. 21 March 2011, interactive map Chulov, Martin; Dehghan, Saeed Kamali; Marsh, Katherine (21 March 2011). "Libyan Air Strikes: Reactions around the Middle East". The Guardian. Unofficial page about aircraft involved in Operation Harmattan Unofficial page about warships involved in Operation Harmattan Unofficial page about CVN Charles de Gaulle in Operation Harmattan Security Council Approves 'No-Fly Zone' over Libya, Authorizing 'All Necessary Measures' to