"The aggressive posturing of the French...is a...concern to anyone who believes that violence should be a tool of last resort...In Côte d'Ivoire as in Libya, the French government has been on the forefront of demanding direct military intervention...More sympathetic observers argue that the aggressive tack is in part due to a desire to avoid a second Rwanda; the more cynical amongst us find it far too coincidental that the increasingly unpopular [Sarkozy], caught underfoot in Tunisia, is pushing for a war with a government [Libya] that apparently helped finance his presidential campaign and another [Cote d'Ivoire] that has consistently rebuffed his attempts at intervention."
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/panafrican/72525
