Sarkozy takes credit for Libyan victory

After the takeover of Tripoli by the Libyan rebels, French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday announced a conference on the country's reconstruction. Sarkozy is clearly proud of having backed the right horse in the Libyan conflict, writes the satirical weekly Le Canard enchaîné, even if he missed out on the rest of the Arab Spring: "Hopefully the grand warlord will have enough feathers for his cap! Let it be said, there is a single victor of the war in Libya, and he's camped out at Elysée Palace. ... In fact Sarko has been on the vanguard since 2007, during the Libyan leader's visit to Paris. Five surrealist days, with a huge tent in the gardens of the Hotel de Marigny and the promise of fabulous contracts for fighter jets, helicopters, tanks and nuclear reactors amounting to 10 billion euros. ... What followed when the Arab Spring broke out was hardly any more illustrious. Sarko missed out on events in Tunisia and Egypt. Luckily not so with Libya. And he's going to make sure the world knows it!"

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