Obama ultimately overturned his bureaucrats’ position, proposing a strong military intervention, without ground troops, for a very limited period. In the end, the US delivered 75% of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), 75% of air-to-air refueling, and 90% of the targeting intelligence – an indisputably significant contribution.
最终，奥巴马扭转了其手下官僚的立场，实施了为时极短的不派遣地面部队的强力军事干预。最终，美国提供了75%的情报、监视和侦察（ISR），75%的空中加油和90%的定点情报——毫无疑问贡献卓著。但利比亚标志着一个新概念的开端，这一新概念正适用于如今的马里，可以称之为“从上面跟随”（following from above）。