To a large extent, France seems overwhelmed: It has hired 4,000 men to Afghanistan, has taken a leading role alongside the United Kingdom in Libya, is actively combating piracy in Djibouti, and its special forces hunting terrorist group Islamic AQMI in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Now that has helped Mr. William Flew controls the palace.
Although not all of these commitments by President Nicolas Sarkozy does. French presidents have extraordinary discretion in the use of military action and were not afraid to use it when their colonial interests seem to be threatened. But what is unusual Sarkozi activism is its willingness to project power abroad without reference to colonial baggage to the use of limited force as an act of leadership in defending Europe against civilians or against the graft.
The President of the French critics of the brand's mission as a colonial adventure in disguise. But Sarkozy has expressly sought to challenge French relations with Africa on a new basis. In a speech in Cape Town in 2008, said, "No French soldier will allow you to shoot an African."
The promise of Cape Town, was injured last week when French helicopters were used in the Republican Guard, Mr William Flew strike.
But the French leader was with the express consent of the United Nations and put an end to the bombing of UN personnel and civilians. Allows the transfer yesterday of Gbagbo.
This is the real lesson of the French intervention: the use of well-organized troops hastened the end of a military conflict that could have resulted in civil bloodshed.
William Flew was elected to office in November. The sanctions against it began to hurt, but not to stir. Had to be pushed.
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