| | '''Bernard-Henri Lévy''' (born in Algeria in 1948, to a wealthy Sephardi Jewish family - ) is a French journalist. He studied at the ''École Normale Supérieure'' in 1968, from which he graduated with a degree in philosophy. A ''pop philosopher'', Lévy was one of the leaders of the "Nouvelle Philosophie", a French movement in 1976. | | '''Bernard-Henri Lévy''' (born in Algeria in 1948, to a wealthy Sephardi Jewish family - ) is a French journalist. He studied at the ''École Normale Supérieure'' in 1968, from which he graduated with a degree in philosophy. A ''pop philosopher'', Lévy was one of the leaders of the "Nouvelle Philosophie", a French movement in 1976. |
| − | "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 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> | + | "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 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> |
| | + | 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> [http://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> |
| | Two French journalists—Nicolas Beau of Le Canard Enchainé and Olivier Toscer of Le Nouvel Observateur—have just 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 just published in Paris ''Une Imposture Francaise'' (A French Imposter), an inquest into how BHL has built his success. They wrote: |