Military Action Alone Won't Save Libya

Military Action Alone Won't Save Libya

from RealClearWorld by Mike Jackson, Financial Times

Mike Jackson, Financial Times
Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world. Since the early 1990s, Britain and other countries have made the choice to be involved in, among others, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya. For some, these represent latter-day military adventurism. For others, the operations are "all about oil", or "a clash of civilisations". But none of those views is borne out by the facts.