More and more countries are dispatching advisers to East Libya with a hope of currying favor with the rebel faction in Benghazi. Despite this, the rebel faction’s victory is by no means assured, and analysts are warning that the war could last indefinitely.
Indeed, Gadhafi’s forces have taken back such of central Libya from the rebels, and the term “stalemate” is thrown about so often that it seems to have lost all impact. NATO officials defend the war, but offer no exit strategy.
And while some say that the war is aimed at hastening his departure, experts see Moammar Gadhafi’s position strengthening in the near term. Few expect the rebels to be able to oust him any time soon, if ever, and Libya is heading for partition.
But the NATO leadership’s position points to partition without peace, as US, British and French officials rule out ending the war without Gadhafi leaving office. Increasingly it seems that isn’t going to happen, and NATO is being committed to an open-ended campaign.
Good thing this will only last days and not weeks.
So, the Libyanistan could DRAG ON indefinetly? Wow, you mean like maybe nine, ten, twenty years? You know, like the Afghaniscam?
The war is one-sided with Gaddafi facing defeat. It may reach the stalemate discussed in the article only if Russia or China decides to arm Gaddafi. Otherwise, how will Gaddafi sustain the war?
This is what Hillary Clinton wanted and said from the beginning that: Kaddafi needs to go, this is what Sarkozi and Cameron wanted from the beginning.., another war.., a long lasting war.., these people need to keep their promises’ whatever it was when they meet in Paris and before that when Hillary Clinton meet Muslims Brotherhood in Egypt.. War is the only language these people understand and after.., more turmoil more money and profit for BP and all other Oil companies.., they might not get the Libyan Oil for now but they sure rise the price of gas in US and EU for people. Governments of Cameron, Sarkozi, Swedish and Obama letting them do so.., that’s when a government by capitalism is working for capitalism.., that’s when their work is appreciated by Oil companies, Bank of England and Goldman Socks.
the 'rebels' faction is, in fact, the groung force that NATO has always had inside Libya, operating there from the very begining, as a trojan always does. This is now becoming more obvious for many, but although some of us were still got by surprise, when we first were told that special western operatives had been deployed inside Libya, since month ago, those who had been alert didn't find it surprising at all, on the contrary, it only came to reasure a nasty conclusion: this war against a sovereign country is completely immoral and fallacious: UN resolution1973 had been used as the head of an octopus and western leaders openly recognizing their strong millitary support for the 'rebel faction' is the result of their arrogant and short sighted foreign policy views being caught between the sword and the wall: Trojans sometimes face strong firewalls and cant go through so easily…
I have a somewhat different take on this situation. Of course NATO and the US want to limit Ghaddafi's power, but the main reason they've entered the fighting is probably to sabotage the rebels themselves. The last thing that the Western nations want in an oil-producing Middle Eastern state is a true democracy based on civil rights and respect for its citizenry. Keeping the rebels in check is the primary goal. They may want to get rid of Ghaddafi, but they also see his despotism as a stabilizing force. Incidentally, it would not be the first time in American history that the CIA and other agencies exhorted a nation to rebel against its despotic leadership, only to pull the rug out from under their feet once the rebels began acting on these promises
you've got a point there, but dont forget that the leaders of the opposition are already under control of France, Britain and U.S. administrations. Yes, the fighting force on the ground aka 'rebels' or 'freedom fighters' at long term are expendable, their blood is cheap, so it is true that the west can pull the rug and let them down as a pawn in a chess board, but the way I see it, as long as their leaders keep their compromises with the western power corporations , they will mantain the support of the opposition leadership, which btw has a quite visible made in west trademark…
I seem to recall Obama saying this would only take a few days or a couple weeks. I don't expect the press would like to quiz him on his definition of a couple weeks? I also recall candidate Obama(there's video) saying his first day in office would be to get our troops out of Iraq/Afghanistan and close up GITMO and "you can take that to the bank". Which bank? The Fed?