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The lessons of liberal intervention
A committee of the British parliament said the way Britain had gone into Libya -- originally to protect the citizens of Benghazi -- had been wrong. But our defence and diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus says the example of Syria suggests the opposite.
Photo: French president Nicolas Sarkozy and UK prime minister David Cameron arrive at Benghazi airport in Libya in September 2011.
Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA
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