I love watching head to head we need more keep it up AJ👏🏽

Who characterizes this man as an intellectual? I see no sign that he is anything more than a war monger.

Libya had the highest economic standing in the whole of the African continent. Under Gadaffi, LIbyans enjoyed free health-care, free education, free electricity, interest free loans, and many other social benefits. Due to the fact that Gadaffi was promoting a new gold backed currency for Africa, he had to be taking out.

They forgot Burma some intervention

I can't watch this to the end. This Frenchman needs to be held accountable for the deaths he has caused. What a narsasist.

How on earth has the Western intervention in Libya improved the condition of the Libyan people? Sorry, but the Libyans were far better off under Qaddafi.

All went well, untill wee got to the Palestinians :-) The first think he said Israel is a democratic country, well so it was serbia.

Why does Bernard-Henri Levy not mention even once 'Israél' ? People like him should mind their own business. The people of Syria will without any doubt be better off without his meddling.

Somehow managed to control myself all the way until he said IDF has moral values,I just fking lost it in there 😂

Why he didn't call intervention in Burma?

Deeply skeptical of anybody who talks with absolute certainty without entertaining the complexities.You can't talk intervention until you deal with the point made about Saudi Arabia pumping money and weapons to factions. You start with international condemnation of that, and reprisals - and to any nation acting similarly in other regions and conflicts. But vested interests don't want to do that. Vested interests want power to meddle, they don't want to end up having to condemn Israel. Then before war we increase world international refugee infrastructure and allow them to leave the land, we drop leaflets of routes that we will protect or conduct rescue or defensive strong holds, while we allow them to leave. Only in this environment can we be sure we have moral authority to save civilians from a mad man. Only then will be seen as friends not imperialists.

It is seriously suspicious how there is only 50k views in a lot of the HESD to head videos . There is DEFINITELY a problem with the algorithms and not promoting Al Jazeera

Mehdi has to really diversify the audience in these talks...

Excellent conversation. The 'dent to his credibility' is nowhere as evident as when it comes to the Palestinian issue where he totally dismisses the crimes of the IDF and the 50+ years of occupation.

Best part of this whole talk: 43:52 ! Fantastic question.

I don't know whether it is badge of respect to be gaslighted by a French philosopher or an assault.

Intervention is good in the right way by the right people. France wouldnt intervene to help people, it would intervene for its own interests, like how the US intervenes for oil. And bombing is not good intervention. Almost never is bombing a good intervention.

Wow this French guy is nuts

The past examples!! Libya is supposed to be a reason to intervene more? On what planet?

It's like these guys have no idea how the world works outside their circle of friends

Great Introduction Mehdi

Very hard to control my emotions listening to this dude which is portraied as "intellectual"

Real demon

We should have an intervention on the mother of all combovers.

This man fits perfectly the profile of a delusional individual. He sees himself as a grand savior of humanity from themselves and he believes that only his morality is true.

Bernard-Henri Levy is a very vain "intellectual" mercenary. AJ should not even invite such people to talk.

A small correction "Israel is not a democracy but is a Ethnocracy"

where do they find this typs of nut cases frm amd gving them a titel as well

2:30 BHL just started and the lies are so grotesque I almost died laughing

if it makes anyone feel any better, this guy has been pied numerous times at random by Noël Godin

Libya had the highest standard of living in Africa under Gaddafi. Great Man Made River project, Healthcare, College, Rock N Roll on the streets. Look at it today. A literal Open Slave Market and Hellhole.

Please come to intervene in Myanmar.

You sure let this guy run the 'debate'. Not a lot of push back there

I'm disappointed that mehdi didn't destroy him ... he could have !

Unfortunately it is not possible to take Mr Levy seriously, In French he might get away with it, In Bad English it is just ridiculous, A public intellectual is a contradiction in terms, The proper term is poseur

This is old news.....The real question is when is someone going to do an intervention with the french dudes hair stylist FFS. And the west is damned if they do and damned if they don't.

The sheer arrogance of a so called "intervention" on Libya is unbelievable 😡 Under Qaddafi Libya had free medical care, free education up to & including university level, free housing for newly weds, 50% subsidy when buying a new car etc. Utterly disgraceful display of arrogance right here. Thanks for the liberation, Libya is now a place of terrorist, human trafficking a chaotic country & no longer on the world map😢

They call this fraud a public intellectual? Wow! But great job Mehdi Hasan.. He's a great anchor and a great journalist.

This french man is a mad man!

Repeat the lie repeat the lie repeat the lie repeat the lie then it becomes the truth

Wow this guy, really??

How come these people rule the world

I am suspicious why does these interventions not come for the people of Palestine or Kashmir or Rohingya of Myanmar... Is it because there is no oil or resources involved

"I think we have to be proud of what we did in Libya even if it takes time." Is this coming from a humanitarian or its just me?

The naivete, ignorance of facts or deceitful attitude of this man is too EVIDENT...makes my skin crawl.

He is supporter of land grabbing as it was in '99 regarding Kosovo. What would happen if Muslims in Marseille decide to secede from France?

I wish Mehdi ha s a channel alone so we could subscribe to it instead of Al Jazeera.. like him when makes fun of politics

This guy's accent is offensively French.

I agree in general with the guest despite all the hate here on these comments. As someone who benefited from an outside military intervention stopping a brutal regime, my view is that you shouldn't sit by and watch massacres happen when you can stop them. If it were you or your family involved I am sure you would welcome outside help. Obviously no intervention is without casualty but many don't seem to understand that this is not neccesarily the fault of the interveening party but of that who created the conflict in the first place. History has shown us time and time again what happens when the world turns a blind eye to peoples suffering by burtal regimes. The key is that you should not run around the world unnecessarily starting wars that destabilize a region and make things worse for a long long time especially for the same people you came to help. But you also have to keep in mind that things will always get worse before they get better and who knows how bad things would have gotten if left alone. Also, I believe that bad apples that are left to freely ramapage and cause distruction influence, motivate, and inspire others to do the same as they serve as examples that the world will sit there and do nothing. I just wish that more is done *after* the intervention as you cannot just wash your hands after dropping bombs. But to be honest, that should fall on a lot of people including the people that live in that society and those around them and not just on those that intervened. As for people/governments not always acting consistently with regards to where they intervene....my question is why is this a shock to anyone? It's fair to point it out in my opinion but its niave to get so hung up on it as it is human nature. For example, I care about the environment but also buy things that cause it harm. Now if I advocate for causes that support the environment how would it be helpful to try and "cancel" me because I am not perfect and have not always been consistent? I think the same applies here. If a government/leader failed to act in one conflict this does not therefore make their choice to act in another conflict wrong or motivated by nefarious reasons. I think Mehdi (the host) showed that he does not truly appreciate that people are complex with this regards. He seems too eager and proud of himself when he finds a contraction not realizing that you are dealing with governments run by people and not a set of codes on a computer that have to follow certain commands.

Iraq was a huge mistake! And I haven't heard anyone apologizing 😂 😲😲😲 shocking, boys!

I was really trying to think of something deep and meaningful to say but I keep getting distracted by his fantastic accent :D

I think among most of the other interviews with other leaders, this man got far less bombardment from Mehdi Hassan. This means one thing, he may be more honest and accountable for his actions.

Reminds me of a verse in the Quran: And when it is said to them: 'Create not disorder on the earth,’ they say: ‘We are only promoters of peace.’ (Chapter 2 verse 11)

I'm not a fan of BHL, but I really lean toward his stance in this.

No mention of Russian airstrikes....this is old repeat show

Ce mec me sort des yeux.

The problem is: When one decides to intervene, one must go in heavy, e.g., the First Gulf War in 1990-91. Otherwise, don't bother.

20:59 wow

People fail to mention China.

history repeats it self

The only “moral” interventions happen in europe or white countries like the former Yugoslavia. When moral issues arose in Rwanda, the european dominated UN stood and watched against people armed ONLY with machetes. It’s hugely hypocritical how this isn’t pointed out. Stopping crowds armed ONLY with machetes is not as big a deal as stopping the well equipped Serbians, Iraqis or Syrians. There was no money to gain in Rwanda just like there was no money to gain in Kosovo. But in Kosovo white lives mattered. In Rwanda Black lives didn’t. All other interventions are in countries which are both geopolitically AND financially relevant to the west FOR the benefit of the west. There’s no honesty coming from this man.

Humanitarian Intervention coursed through military action is not the best course of action but a necessary evil. When violence, abuse, and the death toll reached critical mass and the common person's hope is all but gone, then any type of intervention will be accepted as long as the perpetrator(s) will be erased by the said interventionist(s).

Every morning he woke up with Libya intervention whether turning into Iraq or, not & he still manages that hefty log of hairs. Fancy if not ludicrous.

Thank you so mac wandarful love you so mac Cermenal arastet

I will be fair. I disagree with him on almost everything and i dislike the man but I will respect him for openly and honestly standing by his beliefs despite criticism. I am from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and while some good was done by foreigners it does not mean that we are not allowed to call out the bad things they did.

How can you look at Libya post gaddafi and say it is better

The Antichrist

How could someone with that ridiculous hair-do and that silly shirt be trusted.

this is gargamel and a liar

We should keep out of their business

36:54 "There's a Zionist in Benghazi!" Pro-Assad activist Haitham al-Sibahi said. 👌😂😝😁

Mehdi wasn’t his usual self here. He should have destroyed this clown.

Aljazeera's editor should learn how to put a proper thumbnail in videos.

Wow, that hair. Wow.

The point of critical mass is a valid point. Countries should be able to maintain their sovereignty and deal with internal conflict by themselves - but when the critical mass of human rights violations reach a critical mass - some kind of intervention makes sense. So the questions are - what is critical mass? And what level of intervention is reasonable? I think intervention should involve disarming the war machine - so things that prevent further bombings - like a no fly zone are a good thing. And even having peacekeeping forces on the ground can be a good thing. And if we move to disarming it should be to disarm both sides of the conflict. But how should we come to this decision? It should be through the UN... But the problem we have now is that Russia is assisting in the bombing of citizens and blocking any UN based solution. And we need to address Russia's role, because they are not working to de-escalate the conflict but helping it to continue. As for saying that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is crazy - well we don't really know his mental state. I don't think he is in control anymore - many deaths are now blood on Russian hands and Russia has control over Assad.

this dude is so french

This talks are good but they are only scratching the surface. They only mention in passing here and there… self/interest of the intervening countries, but never take the deep dive into all the multinational corporations of these same countries that went into Libya when the interim government was set up in Tripoli to make long sought after oil and hydro power deals. To understand the true purpose of the intervention, the discourse must go back to political and economic relationships prior to the “humanitarian” intervention.

Somalia, Libya, Iraq and Syria. All this was predicted by the Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him

Fight against extremism is not a fight against Islam the view that most people in West Asia hold and others too to some extent!

I think they cut, the last man who commented on libya!!!!

Well it was written that evil Will overcome the world if you stop praying //you stop praying and this is the result

No light to this world, that guy with such interesting hair! What a disappointment.

This is difficult to watch.

French talking humaniterian. Not suprised one bit.

Just to remind this french dude, the people didn't elected you to do whatever you may please.

Comman Mr democracy free Julian Assange now.

This man, Levi, is a devil in human flesh.

This smart man is an international con man a very good actor yet morally decrepid ,the most evil kind of person who elects their saviors to become the new rapist of the saved woman.

Bashar assad is paper tiger lol

if watching what youtube given is intervention, you are smoking too much weed

An evil in human mask...

He needs a haircut. If he has been to a barbar then his barbar is terrific

French accent is so irritating..

Monsieur Henri Levy should have gotten a haircut 💈💈 and some make up before the interview.😀💈💇💇‍♂️💇‍♂️💇‍♂️

Why giving this guy so much attention ? In France he is considered a liar and nothing else

🤘🤘🤘🤘

This guy got swag

Sorry but this arrogant host & guest speaker do not know what they're talking about, are they even aware of the facts? Who was it that backed all these terrorist groups in Syria in the first place in order to have regime change? This was actually the foreign policy of many western countries in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, o course many nations abstained from intervention, but we all know now, it was the US, UK, France as usual & their gulf allies who backed all these foreign fighters aka extremist wahhabist terrorists in Syria, they did this in Libya, Iraq, & they helped their allies in Saudi Arabia to do the same thing in Yemen as well. Humanitarian intervention is killing thousands of Yemeni's as we speak, yet no one speaks for those people. Turkey was also involved in aiding those terrorists in Syria from their own borders & even co-conspired with the US to attack Syria & also bought stolen oil from Syria from the extreme Wahhabist terrorist groups, was this talked about on this show, absolutely not, Jordan & other smaller gulf states were also involved in staging, regrouping all these terrorist groups. Israel was also involved in aiding the terrorists, on its border in the Golan heights, they gave medical aid & shelter to terrorists who fled Syria to the Golan heights in search of shelter & Israel gave them shelter & medical aid. Does this arrogant ignorant host or guest speak of these points? Absolutely not!!! It was the western goal of removing Assad from Power because he refused the Qatari pipelines. Instead he went with the Iranian pipelines. Aha!!! Why isn't this question even asked or pointed out by this arrogant host or guest? How, why the Syrian war even started? Not even addressed at all. This is called selective journalism, something we all see in western msm bias. This show is absolutely pointless because it attempts to whitewash what happened & wash western & its gulf allies hands of blood, & its aim is to paint western enemies aka independent countries/leaders as the source of the problem, instead of asking the right questions, they ignore certain questions because of conflict of interests. The Syrian war was a direct result of western meddling & including their gulf allies, including Qatar, but Qatar won't come out & admit this themselves will they? No, Qatar is a good country with good human rights, that don't & never have supported terrorism right? Wrong, Qatar is one of many supporters of terrorism in this region just like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel. Don't be fooled by this arrogant host let alone arrogant guest. This show is absolute garbage, & the arrogant host is a tool used by Qatar to paint rosy pictures of certain western countries & themselves. Typical whitewashing of war crimes backed & committed by western nations, their gulf allies including Qatar which they supported & backed to this day.

I need humanitarian intervention in Russia and China.

Actually this guy was not a good man he really a very bad man why I said so cuz I passed true Libya I saw how was bad the intervention did Libya is been now divided and civilians are killed like any how truly if someone one ask me about