On May 21, 2011, McKinney appeared on state-run television in Libya and stated that United States participation in military intervention in the 2011 Libyan civil war was "not what the people of the United States stand for and it's not what African-Americans stand for". Also on Memri-TV, McKinney stated: "On a previous visit to Libya, I was able to learn about "The Green Book", and the form of direct democracy that is advocated in "The Green Book"."