Scowcroft: Avoiding Mission Creep in Libya

Name: Scowcroft: Avoiding Mission Creep in Libya
Uploaded: 2011-04-05T15:48:21-04:00
Description: Former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft discusses developments in the Middle East and the intervention in Libya with CFR’s Director of Studies James Lindsay. Drawing on lessons from the first and second Gulf Wars, Scowcroft warns of mission creep in coalition efforts in Libya.

Published: April 5, 2011 3:48 p.m.

James M. LindsayCFR Expert
Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
Brent Scowcroft
Resident Trustee, The Forum for International Policy

Former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft discusses developments in the Middle East and the intervention in Libya with CFR’s Director of Studies James Lindsay. Drawing on lessons from the first and second Gulf Wars, Scowcroft warns of mission creep in coalition efforts in Libya.

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