How much "Europe" can do militarily is a question of will / interest / necessity.

We COULD have invaded Libya with three million soldiers if we WANTED.

We COULD have created additional airfields on Sicily and Crete and massed more than a thousand combat aircraft there for operations over Libya if we WANTED.



The Libya drôle de intervention was really done with a very low amount of willpower/interest, with the small finger of the left hand.