You say this is Libya's battle but then Libya is composed of areas occupied by Gadaffi forces and parts occupied by anti-Gadaffi forces. But you seem to be thinking of Libya as the rebels. They are the ones that have to fight the battle and win. The only reason they will win is because the UN forces are fighting and destroying the Gadaffi forces. It is the UN forces that are fighting too. If they were not fighting the rebels could very well have lost in a short time.
Couldn't Gadaffi say: This is Libya's battle and Libyans would win except for the fact that Colonial Crusaders have attacked us?
Cheers, ken
----- Original Message ---- From: Dennis Redmond <metalslorg at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 11:42:24 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Who should protect the Libyans? (was Re: Left Forum)
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
Revolutionaries, if "realistic" in the slightest degree, would have been
> raising an army of Egyptian volunteers (former conscripts, thus
> well-trained) to fight Khadafi, and demanding that it be fully supported by
> Egyptian military resources.
>
No.
This is Libya's battle. They have to fight it -- and they will. They have to win it -- and they will. All the UN forces are doing is accelerating the end of an awful dictatorship. Take out the dictator's heavy equipment, and the rebels will win with the fewest possible casualties.
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