PaulB, the EU has not got involved in this one, they have done the very opposite.
Representing 27 countries, it was impossible for them (the official EU foreign ministers group) to have been in favour of war action against Libya, as more than one government of an EU state is against such military intervention.
Germany is one country that has said no full stop!
This is a private affair of MP Cameron and his French counter-part, and it is clear to see that the French governmental leaders had already decided to bomb Lybian objectives before the UN mandate was decided upon.
The Lybian government has asked for observers to be sent to monitor the cease-fire, and the rebels stated all along that they would not respect any cease-fire anyway, but that they would fight on.
I have already understood this morning that the UN mandate is not worth the paper it is written on. Some leaders in the West are hell-bent on over-throwing Col. Gedaffi, and they will abuse the UN mandate to try to impose this objective.
It's a shame that President Obama has not held steadfast and kept out of it.
However, this time, the official EU policy is not to blame (thus far), which does not alter my views on the EU in general, though
