Castout
06-13-11, 09:23 PM
At first I thought it wouldn't take long.
But from what I read and see in the news looks like the rebels are fighting with one of their hand tied to their back.
NATO though attacking Tripoli seems to be reluctant to attack Gaddafi forces elsewhere who are engaging the rebels with tanks and arty.
At this rate if things don't improve it's going to be long war and perhaps a failed gamble. You can't simply march into Tripoli with pick up trucks. Casualties will be high and with that morale will start to fall.
I'd prefer just to give them heavy weapons and let them roll into Tripoli from West and East and put a quick end to this.
The other cities that are still under Gaddafi control are only so because its resident are fearful to Gaddafi reprisals. UN took too long before intervening. But I guess it's better late than never.
The early demonstrations proved that most of Libya's population are no longer with Gaddafi. Even those in Tripoli. I can't see why the movement couldn't be speeded up with that kind of support from Libyans themselves. I think the problem is more political than military.
All in all I still believe it won't be long. But long may prove relative. What is obvious is that powerful people here seen from the local media choose to take side with Gaddafi and still believe in him.
What is happening in Yemen, Syria, Bahrain and Libya prove beyond all doubt that some rulers rule by gunpoint and consider their own people nothing more than animal or slave. That sovereignty lies not in the hand of the people but in the hands of those who govern by fear and intimidation and violence. Forget human rights, forget constitution, forget rule of law, even forget about nationhood. These people just want a whole country for themselves. Plain simple and obvious.
Yemen should be renamed Saleh land. Syria should be renamed Assad land, Bahrain should be renamed land of oppression and whimsical torture and prosecution.
If you realize that these people live under the mercy of certain individuals whimsical mood swing instead of rule of law then you must start to question why obey the law at all in the first place. If you can get away with stealing then steal, if you can get away with murder then kill. These are no civilized worlds. Being the only human in a zoo with all the beasts are dangerous ordeal. Either you kill all the beasts or you better become like them and live by the rule of the jungle and stop being decent human being.
But from what I read and see in the news looks like the rebels are fighting with one of their hand tied to their back.
NATO though attacking Tripoli seems to be reluctant to attack Gaddafi forces elsewhere who are engaging the rebels with tanks and arty.
At this rate if things don't improve it's going to be long war and perhaps a failed gamble. You can't simply march into Tripoli with pick up trucks. Casualties will be high and with that morale will start to fall.
I'd prefer just to give them heavy weapons and let them roll into Tripoli from West and East and put a quick end to this.
The other cities that are still under Gaddafi control are only so because its resident are fearful to Gaddafi reprisals. UN took too long before intervening. But I guess it's better late than never.
The early demonstrations proved that most of Libya's population are no longer with Gaddafi. Even those in Tripoli. I can't see why the movement couldn't be speeded up with that kind of support from Libyans themselves. I think the problem is more political than military.
All in all I still believe it won't be long. But long may prove relative. What is obvious is that powerful people here seen from the local media choose to take side with Gaddafi and still believe in him.
What is happening in Yemen, Syria, Bahrain and Libya prove beyond all doubt that some rulers rule by gunpoint and consider their own people nothing more than animal or slave. That sovereignty lies not in the hand of the people but in the hands of those who govern by fear and intimidation and violence. Forget human rights, forget constitution, forget rule of law, even forget about nationhood. These people just want a whole country for themselves. Plain simple and obvious.
Yemen should be renamed Saleh land. Syria should be renamed Assad land, Bahrain should be renamed land of oppression and whimsical torture and prosecution.
If you realize that these people live under the mercy of certain individuals whimsical mood swing instead of rule of law then you must start to question why obey the law at all in the first place. If you can get away with stealing then steal, if you can get away with murder then kill. These are no civilized worlds. Being the only human in a zoo with all the beasts are dangerous ordeal. Either you kill all the beasts or you better become like them and live by the rule of the jungle and stop being decent human being.