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Pentagon: US, NATO not in manhunt for Gaddafi

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns, the AP

From Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns, the AP:  Marine Col. David Lapan said the U.S. is conducting aerial surveillance of Libya in support of NATO’s military mission to protect civilians from attack by government forces. But he said this does not amount to targeting Gadhafi

Europe and NATO weakened despite Libya victory

By AFP

From AFP:  The intervention mandated by the United Nations and carried out under NATO command "is a success because two major nations took their responsibilities," French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said earlier this week.

Learning Lessons from the Splendid Little War in Libya

By Jeff Lightfoot, the New Atlanticist

From Jeff Lightfoot, the New Atlanticist:  [T]he United States and its allies also made three grave mistakes in Libya that should be avoided in any future military operations. They were largely the product of insufficient political will, particularly in the United States, based on the fact that the intervention was not in pursuit of an […]

Well Done, NATO!

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  NATO will soon suspend Operation Unified Protector over Libya. Nigh on ten years after 9/11 and after a gruelling decade of controversy and division the Alliance can finally chalk up an unequivocal success.

Could NATO’s Libya mission be its last hurrah?

By Robert Marquand, the Christian Science Monitor

From Robert Marquand, the Christian Science Monitor:  Despite Qaddafi’s prediction that Western leaders would fall “like Hitler and Mussolini” and his claims that he was "ready for a long war,” NATO weathered six months of a see-saw battle in Libya

Kohl slams Germany’s ‘unreliable’ foreign policy

By the Local (Germany)

Curious victory for NATO in Libya

By Michael Clarke, Royal United Service Institute

From Michael Clarke, Royal United Service Institute:  Few dispute the assertion that NATO jets enabled Libyan rebels to come knocking on Qadhafi’s door in Tripoli. But as he  falls, it will be difficult to avoid the conclusion that NATO emerges from this successful operation weaker than it went into it. . . . The NATO-led […]

Success in Libya reinforces value of NATO

By David Owen, the Telegraph

From David Owen, the Telegraph:  Paradoxically, it is Nato rather than the UN that emerges battered and divided from the intervention. Only eight of its 28 members – less than one third – agreed to engage their air forces and bomb Libya.

Libya’s impact on transatlantic security

By James Blitz, the Financial Times

From James Blitz, the Financial Times:  Above all, the US, having spearheaded the initial assault, took a back seat – catching Britain and France by surprise.

Victory for US leadership

By Nicholas Burns, the Boston Globe

From Nicholas Burns, the Boston Globe:  NATO’s Libya venture took much longer to succeed than the administration expected.