New York ( CNN ) -- Many times I 've watched in dismay as crowds of Moammar Gadhafi supporters gathered to wave flags in front of Libya 's former dictator -- in particular , two years ago , when the convicted murderer Abdul Al Megrahi returned to his home country under the guise of near-death , to be welcomed as a hero , banners waving , Gadhafi embracing the man who helped him kill my brother . We watched in jaw-dropped horror as these two conspirators embraced in front of what we believed to be a throng of paid political cheerleaders . We 'd often heard that part of the way Gadhafi kept up the sparkly image of a happy , well-led people was to pay them to show up and look as though they were viewing a god . It 's classic imperial propaganda : Make sure the little people show the love when the cameras are on . It 's a method designed by Joseph Goebbels and painstakingly perfected by Gadhafi . Today , as I look at the images streaming from halfway around the world , my heart is deeply moved by what I see on the faces of a liberated people . In a country where the economic disparity has historically been far greater than any place since Ancient Rome , a true revolution has occurred . The impoverished , the downtrodden , the unlawfully imprisoned , the enslaved , are all pouring into the streets with their new , green flag of freedom , tears of relief and even disbelief etched on their faces . This is their day . My 23-year struggle for justice is a grain of sand compared to what the Libyan people have endured . Gadhafi 's death an answer to little girl 's prayer . I have had countless e-mails and phone calls today , asking me if I 'm happy , and if I feel that my brother can finally rest in peace . At the risk of sounding like I 'm never satisfied , I have to say that I am not entirely happy . Sure , some weird , throttled joy is bubbling up in me today , and I do n't hold with any camp that would contend that `` Gadhafi deserved a fair trial . '' But yet I fear that with his death goes a warehouse of secrets and lies that could have been revealed in order to salve the souls of Libyan families who lost loved ones during this regime . Men and women have literally disappeared from their houses and places of work and worship , only to be buried in mass graves . I know where my brother rests in peace , innocent of any crime other than being an American on the wrong plane at the very wrong time in history . Rather than wanting to see the kind of freak-show snuff film of Gadhafi that is worming its way through the internet as I write this , I would have far preferred to watch him from a front row seat in the Hague as he , in true Milosevic style , would have been made to answer for his countless hideous crimes . In the 23 years since I lost my brother I have fought ( alongside my parents ) for this day . Many times I have been accused of wanting revenge , of not tempering my desire to see Gadhafi and all his cohorts brought to heel . Today , as that dish is served to me ice-cold , I can tell you honestly it has never been about revenge . Today , as ever , it has been about justice , for those 270 innocent American and Scottish citizens who fell to earth like so many doused stars on a cold night in late December . Today , as ever , it has also been about justice for the 6.5 million Libyans , who no longer need to be paid to look happy when the world 's cameras point their way . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Brian Flynn .
Brian Flynn : It has been 23 years since bombing of Pan Am 103 . Flynn ' s brother was killed in the bombing , and family has waited for justice . He says he would rather have seen Gadhafi face war crimes trial for harm he caused . Flynn : It is n't about revenge , but justice for Pan Am victims and for Libya 's people .