With its troops fighting on new fronts in Ivory Coast and Libya as well as in Afghanistan, France has put its international reputation on the line in conflicts whose outcome is far from certain.
Weakened at home where his personal popularity is at an all-time low, President Nicolas Sarkozy was the driving force behind foreign intervention in Libya, although he he has not yet addressed the French people to explain why.
"Avoiding a bloodbath in Benghazi", "Defending civilian populations": Paris has justified its role with humanitarian arguments, and got the United Nations to tag along in the form of Security Council resolutions targeting Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo.
Experts say that despite involvement in Afghanistan, France has the military means to cope with multiple fronts, at least in the short term thanks to targeted air strikes in Libya and the use of pre-positioned troops in Ivory Coast.
For more: France stakes reputation on conflicts in Libya, I.Coast ; French news | Expatica France
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