The triumvirate of Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy have presented a united front to NATO and
the Arab League and said there will be no respite in Libya. Writing to the Times (£), they say:
‘Britain, France and the United States will not rest until the United Nations Security Council resolutions have been implemented and the Libyan people can choose their own future.’
They also add that to leave Gaddafi in power would be an ‘unconscionable betrayal’, a marked shift in emphasis.
It’s rousing stuff, designed to twist reluctant arms at the NATO summit in Berlin. However, as former ambassador to Tripoli Oliver Miles suggests, this letter is unlikely to be a line-breaker: no timescale for the deployment has been set and it is unclear how Gaddafi might be removed from power. These are the questions that exercise less warlike leaders in Berlin.
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