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In fact, France has multiple reasons for intervening in the Central African Republic. The specter of the Rwandan genocide, in which France's role was severely criticized, is surely a factor, as are the goals of making the region safe for investment and assuring access to resources, including oil and uranium.
Named for an African butterfly, the operation was to be an in-and-out affair that would last no more than six months. But the situation has grown worse since the French intervened, with Muslims accusing France of taking sides in the conflict. France risks a longer and more costly engagement than it anticipated, and it is going to need more help from allies and the United Nations.
More than 1,000 people have died in sectarian violence between Seleka Muslim rebel groups and Christian militias since the French operation began in early December. According to the United Nations refugee agency, 200,000 people have been driven from their homes in the capital, Bangui, and more than a half-million others elsewhere in the country have been, too. At this point, the country is hostage to a brawl between warring sectarian factions, with spillover from and into neighboring Chad, Sudan, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The financial and logistical assistance pledged by the United Nations, the United States and the European Union, and the contribution of a planned 6,000 troops by the African Union will not be enough to stop the fighting and allow the distribution of humanitarian aid, let alone bring political stability.
European leaders rebuffed President Hollande's request for military support at the European Council meeting in Brussels last week; they should act quickly to provide additional financial help and enforce the ban on sending arms and mercenaries to the Central African Republic that the European Union agreed to on Monday.
The United Nations, having authorized the French intervention on Dec. 5, should now move to authorize a United Nations peacekeeping mission. Without additional international assistance, more people will be killed and displaced, and prospects for any kind of political stability across the region will fade.
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