The fighting right now cannot deceive anyone anymore that in principle it is over. Regular troops are defecting in the streets by the dozens now, leaving behind their uniforms. They are exhausted, demoralised, and out of supply.
Libya has some 130 tribes. Several dozen political and religious groups as well. All of them wanting their share of oil profits, their say in forming power.
That Gaddafi would not be able to hold out forever, was clear. The real interesting things, the real uncertain story starts just
now.
On a sidenote, for Germany it is a shame to face. Hasn't Germany's elite claimed that the military action of Britain and France would be unappropriate to make a difference in regime change, making Germany lining up on the side of China and Russia...?
