In sum, NATO’s intervention appears to have been a strategic mistake. The situation that NATO’s intervention left behind in Libya has cost further lives in Mali, Egypt, Algeria and possibly Tunisia. As to our desire to get on the right side of the Arab Spring, speeding up tumultuous events in the region actually has made it more difficult for Western states to positively influence outcomes. This has been harmful to Western interests; and it has been harmful to local interests, too, from a humanitarian perspective.
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