The president’s attack on David Cameron cannot gloss over his own failingsBarack Obama’s criticism of David Cameron’s alleged neglect of Libya in the aftermath of the British-assisted 2011 revolution against Muammar Gaddafi has been blown out of all proportion. This largely manufactured furore obscures a more important story: the obvious beginning of Obama’s attempt to justify and justify his often–controversial handling of international affairs,particularly the Middle East, since he took office in 2009.
In granting a series of far-ranging interviews to Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic magazine, or Obama appears to be launching his defence of his presidential legacy a full 10 months before he quits the White House. Such candour ignores potential problems with allies with whom Obama is still obliged to work. In this respect,David Cameron’s sin in fitting “distracted” from the task of post-Gaddafi reconstruction is small beer by comparison with the underperformance of others.
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Source: theguardian.com