Déterré par Angry Arab, ce magnifique article du NY Times d’août 2011 : et si la belle réussite de l’opération libyenne était un modèle pour d’autres opérations ?
U.S. Tactics in Libya May Be Model for Use of Force
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/world/africa/29diplo.html?_r=0
for United States interests. But the arrival of victorious rebels on the shores of Tripoli last week gave President Obama’s senior advisers a chance to claim a key victory for an Obama doctrine for the Middle East that had been roundly criticized in recent months as leading from behind.
Administration officials say that even though the NATO intervention in Libya, emphasizing airstrikes to protect civilians, cannot be applied uniformly in other hotspots like Syria, the conflict may, in some important ways, become a model for how the United States wields force in other countries where its interests are threatened.