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It wasn’t just Obama. France, Italy, and Turkey perpetuate the conflict.

• scythe 6y ago
  Obama didn't even "rally NATO" at all. France was the first mover. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya#Timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_... >23 February 2011: French President Nicolas Sarkozy pushed for the European Union (EU) to pass sanctions against Gaddafi (freezing Gaddafi family funds abroad) and demand he stop attacks against civilians. >26 February 2011: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 was passed unanimously, referring the Libyan government to the International Criminal Court for gross human rights violations. >28 February 2011: British Prime Minister David Cameron proposed the idea of a no-fly zone >1 March 2011: The US Senate unanimously passed non-binding Senate resolution S.RES.85 urging the United Nations Security Council to impose a Libyan no-fly zone >2 March 2011: The Governor General of Canada-in-Council authorised, on the advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper >7 March 2011: US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder announced that NATO decided to step up surveillance missions of E-3 AWACS aircraft to twenty-four hours a day. France, the UK, the UNSC, the US Senate, and Canada all made moves before Obama's executive branch took any major actions. (Notably, all except the UNSC were controlled by right-wing political parties at the time.) But Obama is the most popular political figure in the country and has been for a decade, and it's lonely at the top... https://today.yougov.com/ratings/politics/popularity/politicians/all https://today.yougov.com/ratings/politics/popularity/politic...
  • f6v 6y ago
    > United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 It's a shame China and Russia voted in favour.