France will seek a leading role in post-war Libya, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said Friday, arguing that Libya’s new leaders “owe” Paris for leading the campaign to oust Moamer Gaddafi. Speaking in an interview to Le Monde on the day after Libya’s ousted strongman was captured and killed, Longuet said France is poised to take advantage of its leading role after a successful campaign. France “will strive to play the role of a principal partner in the country where the leaders know they owe us a lot.”
“Everyone will throw their hat into the ring. We will neither be the last nor the most blatant,” he said of Libya’s relations with various Western countries in the coalition. “Our involvement was not belated, mediocre or uncertain. And we have nothing to be ashamed of.”
So, oil concessions was all it was about, right?
We knew it all along. You just said it. And, no you have nothing to be ashamed of.
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