Obama: Libya chaos throughout Europe and Gulf countries

- The chaos in Libya is partly due to a lack of support from Europe and the Gulf States. That US President Barack Obama said in an interview with The Atlantic.

The United States and Europe intervened militarily in 2011 when the regime of then dictator Muammar Gaddafi threatened to inflict a massacre in the rebellious city of Benghazi.,, We have the plan as well as I could expect to run, '' said Obama.,, We had a UN mandate, a coalition. It cost us a billion dollars, which is very cheap for a military operation. We arrived for large amounts of civilian casualties and a prolonged civil war. Nevertheless, it is a mess in Libya. ''

Obama recognizes that tribalism in Libya also played a role, but points to Europe. '' When I look back and ask myself what went wrong, I think there is room for criticism. I was confident that the Europeans, since Libya is so close by would hold. '' The president's intervention in Libya regarded as ultimately failed and these considerations also played a role when he had to decide to intervene elsewhere in the region militarily.