Boost non-military strategies

France and the UK demanded an extension of military operations in Libya at a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Berlin on Thursday. The left-liberal daily El País, however, argues that non-military strategies should be promoted: "Continuing the intervention solely for the sake of not damaging Nato's credibility could compromise the military balance. However if the boundaries of the 1973 resolution are overstepped there is a higher risk of this war becoming illegal. Perhaps the time has come for the Security Council to review the situation in Libya and either expand the mandate to include the deployment of ground forces or to confirm the current framework for the operations. Should the latter be the case, which is more likely, the main powers would have no option but to apply more forcefully the non-military aspects foreseen in the 1973 resolution. This should have been done from the outset and can now no longer be postponed."

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