(ANSA) - Washington, March 10 - US president Barack Obama on
Thursday criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron and
former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for the 2011 operation
in Libya against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
He included UK and France among US allies that "freeride".
The White House chief spoke about the North African country's
"chaos" and acknowledged that his support for NATO intervention
was a "mistake", in part due to his conviction that the UK and
France would have taken on a greater share of the burden in the
period following the dictator's ouster.
Obama blames UK and France for 2011 failure in Libya
Had hoped for greater burden-sharing