France is a democracy, but this still happened. Would the French people allow their president to go to war over reasons stated in this cable, if such a permission was needed? This is what secrecy brings.<p>French military didn&#x27;t had to assert any position in the world. Every country&#x27;s military is in a good position to give each other hell.<p>Did Nicolas do France any good with this decision? A little may be, by taking some of libya&#x27;s oil resources. Did he do world any favour? No