France's Responsibility in Libya Begins after Sarkozy Is Given Warm Welcome in Benghazi
By now, it is stale news that French President Nicolas Sarkozy received a hero's welcome at Benghazi, the city which nurtured the revolution against Libyan dictator Gaddafi. Sarkozy and his political parties are no strangers to Benghazi, Libya or anywhere else in North Africa. In fact, France has had a bloody role in the history of the region, much of which with both the Africans and the French would like to forget. The French mistakes in Algeria hurt not only the people of Algeria, but also made France rethink its own policies concerning Africa, and the colonies that it once ruled.