I agree those were mistakes, but the US didn’t undertake those interventions unilaterally. Both were international efforts. France was actually the first to say “Gaddafi must go.” France was also one of the leaders in the Syrian intervention: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/11/1...
> France’s hawkish stance towards Syria contrasts with the reluctance among many U.S. policymakers to expand American involvement in the conflict. This is the latest move in a long history of French resistance to American foreign policy decision-making.
> France’s hawkish stance towards Syria contrasts with the reluctance among many U.S. policymakers to expand American involvement in the conflict. This is the latest move in a long history of French resistance to American foreign policy decision-making.