The American World Turned Upside Down
It is dangerous to believe that the world has found in Libya the solution that it was seeking in today’s increasingly chaotic post-American order. Neither France nor Britain – not to mention the EU, which is more divided than ever when it comes to military interventions – can be seen as substitutes for the US.
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PARIS – From Washington, the enthusiasm of the French for intervention in Libya is seen with a mixture of relief and puzzlement. The Americans do not want the job and are happy that someone else does. Indeed, President Nicolas Sarkozy’s willingness to intervene (alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron) helped close a dangerous gap between the world of “values,” which would call for direct American intervention against Muammar el-Qaddafi, and the world of “interest,” which impelled President Barack Obama to restraint.