Hier soir je me demandais comment le Président américain définirait le succès de l'intervention limitée en Libye et comment il procéderait pour retirer les forces américaines. Un éditorial du Chicago Tribune de ce matin s'interroge également à ce propos. On ajoute une autre réflexion majeure: si nous agissons pour une cause humanitaire en Libye, on nous demandera d'intervenir ailleurs... Comment décider ce qui nécessite une intervention?
"That raises a couple of important questions: How does the president define success, and how much is he resolved to do to achieve it? He didn't address that issue — preferring to assume that the great bulk of the mission has already been accomplished and that our allies will do the rest.
Obama complicated matters by demanding Gadhafi's departure. That means the dictator will be in a position to declare victory if he merely survives. And since the president, thankfully, emphatically ruled out the use of ground forces in Libya, Gadhafi has a good chance of surviving.
Again, though, the president took refuge in what you might call the audacity of hope. "History is not on his side," Obama insisted. "With the time and space that we have provided for the Libyan people, they will be able to determine their own destiny, and that is how it should be." But Obama didn't say what will happen if he's wrong.
Another question: How and when will the United States be able to end its involvement in this war? Asked if the mission would conclude by year's end, Gates said, "I don't think anybody knows the answer to that." The longer it lasts, the higher the expense and the greater the chance the U.S. will be pulled in deeper.
The humanitarian mission, meanwhile, sets a precedent that will be used to demand American involvement in other places. After the Syrian government killed dozens of people in crushing protests, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., suggested outside military intervention to protect civilians and remove dictator Bashar Assad.
Do the president and his team have a coherent set of views that provide a principled basis for how to handle the next crisis, and the one after that? Or are they merely indulging gut impulses, without appreciating how their decisions will play out today and tomorrow? Big questions, not answered."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-libya-20110328,0,5037169.story
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