What a difference four months of air sorties make. Back in the early days of the Libya
intervention, David Cameron was unequivocal when it came to Muammar Gaddafi remaining in the country: there was “no future”
for the dictator within its borders, he said. But now, on top of comments by William Hague yesterday, the Prime Minister is thought to be
softening his stance. As the Independent says today, he
has decided that “the time has come to find a way out of the conflict and back a French proposal to allow Gaddafi to stay in the country as part of a negotiated settlement with rebel
forces.” So, from no future for Gaddafi to some sort of future, and all while the bombs have been dropping.
But France and Britain’s change in tack is unlikely to have much effect on the ground.
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