Listening to Obama’s reflexive and distant speeches on Libya, one can nearly hear French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin’s flamboyant intervention at the United Nations on the eve of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. And, though the circumstances and the “legal” environment are very different – there is a UN resolution for the Libya intervention, and a vague declaration of support by the Arab League – Sarkozy’s stance reminds some of George W. Bush’s enthusiasm for war.
事实上，就在几年前法国和美国似乎互换了位置。听着奥巴马在利比亚问题上充满反省和冷淡意味的讲话，人们似乎听到了2003年入侵伊拉克前法国外长多米尼克·德维尔潘在联合国慷慨激昂的陈词。尽管两者的具体情况和“法律”环境截然不同——利比亚干涉行动得到了联合国决议批准和阿拉伯联盟模棱两可的支持——萨科奇仍然让人联想起乔治·W·布什对于战争的狂热态度。