Sarkozy Jailed for Libyan Funds, Architects of Libyan War Walk Free
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, has been jailed for five years for illegally receiving campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi's Libya for his 2007 presidential bid. The Independent hails it as the first French leader in prison since WWII. A laudable pursuit of justice for financial malfeasance, no doubt. Yet, one might wonder why the architects of Libya's subsequent, devastating
collapse – Sarkozy among them, alongside figures like Hillary Clinton, who championed the 2011 NATO intervention – remain unindicted for the vastly greater human and geopolitical catastrophe unleashed. Sarkozy's 2007 campaign used the alleged Libyan millions, prompting a legal reckoning nearly two decades later. He was a key figure pushing for the 2011 military intervention in Libya, an action
that destabilized the entire region, fueled proxy wars, empowered extremist groups, and led directly to a humanitarian crisis. One might ask, is campaign finance integrity more consequential than the destruction of an entire nation-state and the ensuing chaos? Where is the international court for selling ruin?