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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by modo_mario on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:03AM (#36769284)
I think you got things backwards. France wanted to bomb libya (as well as the UK) whils the US was a reluctant partner.

The US went for Syria/Assad leading the intervention and whilst France picked up it's involvement against ISIL & the like particularly after the Paris attacks it wasn't as big on it as Libya.

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by misja111 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @05:32AM (#36769879)
France was also eager to bomb Libya, that's true. But the US really didn't want to intervene in Syria at first.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-the-united-states-has...

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