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==Politics==

==Politics==

"Bernard Henri Lévy, a friend of [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] since 1983 but with an extremely complicated relationship, is the man who, some consider,  waged a war in [[Libya]]. Lévy, 62, a Zionist<ref>[http://www.bernard-henri-levy.com/pdf/le-testament-de-dieu/2/031-los-angeles-times-25-12-80-en-anglais.pdf LA Times 12/25/1980]</ref> French philosopher is the man behind the French and American War on Libya... After persuading Sarkozy, Mr. Lévy gives Mr. Sarkozy sole credit for persuading London, Washington and others to support intervention in Libya." <ref>[http://anarchitext.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/bhl-war-in-libya/ B.H. Levy: the man who waged a War in Libya.]</ref>  

At the eruption of civil war in Libya against dictator Qaddafi, while reporting from Benghazi in March 2011, Lévy called his former rival [[Sarkozy]] to urge intervention to prevent a potential "bloodbath" at the hands of Gaddafi's forces.<ref>[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhdrv8 L'appel de BHL depuis Benghazi (Libye) en direct sur TF1 au – une vidéo Nieuws & Politiek] (2011)</ref>

 

[[File:BERNARD - HENRI LEVY Benghazi Libya.jpg|thumb|BHL in the ruins of a residence of [[Qaddafi]] in Benghazi.]]

[[File:BERNARD - HENRI LEVY Benghazi Libya.jpg|thumb|BHL in the ruins of a residence of [[Qaddafi]] in Benghazi.]]

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The man who introduced Sarkozy to the Benghazi rebels is none other than Bernard-Henri Levy, a pop philosopher so French that I can’t think of an American equivalent. We just don’t have philosophers who wear their shirts unbuttoned, marry blond actresses and take sides, enthusiastically, in wars in Bangladesh, Angola, Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/frances-goals-in-libya-hit-a-little-closer-to-home/2011/03/28/AF4J7mqB_story.html? France’s goals in Libya hit a little closer to home.]</ref>

The man who introduced Sarkozy to the Benghazi rebels is none other than Bernard-Henri Levy, a pop philosopher so French that I can’t think of an American equivalent. We just don’t have philosophers who wear their shirts unbuttoned, marry blond actresses and take sides, enthusiastically, in wars in Bangladesh, Angola, Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/frances-goals-in-libya-hit-a-little-closer-to-home/2011/03/28/AF4J7mqB_story.html? France’s goals in Libya hit a little closer to home.]</ref>

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==Philosophy==

==Philosophy==

Two French journalists—Nicolas Beau of Le Canard Enchainé and Olivier Toscer of Le Nouvel Observateur—have published in Paris ''Une Imposture Francaise'' (A French Imposter), an inquest into how BHL has built his success. They wrote:

Two French journalists—Nicolas Beau of Le Canard Enchainé and Olivier Toscer of Le Nouvel Observateur—have published in Paris ''Une Imposture Francaise'' (A French Imposter), an inquest into how BHL has built his success. They wrote: