As mercenaries loyal to the Gadhafi regime pushed into the westernmost holdings of the rebels, in an attempt to create some room to operate around the capital city of Tripoli, the rebel faction was active in the far east, aiming to chase the regime’s loyalists out of their last strongholds in the region.
Indeed, while the protest movement spawned in the east and quite quickly took over ever major city in traditional Cyrenaica, the Gadhafi regime has held the tiny desert base of Rasianuf, a well defensible high ground that the rebels are now advancing on.
The protest movement’s leaders insisted that they want to keep the casualties minimal on both sides, but that they are determined to expel the remaining loyalists from the east, a move which would free up their forces to move west toward the regime’s power base.
Though it had initially seemed the regime was on the verge of total collapse, large amounts of funds used to recruit mercenaries from neighboring country have given them enough forces to retain a tenuous control on parts of the west.
Whether the pro- or anti-Gadhafi forces triumph, this is a matter that should be resolved by the Libyan people. The U.S. government has no business interfering in this conflict in any way whatsoever. If any states are forced to get involved, it should be other northern African countries in whose sphere of influence this civil war is taking place.
Additionally, Gadhafi undermines himself and his cause by bringing in foreign troops to fight native Libyans. How can he claim to stand for the Libyans when he can't even find must enough of them to take up his flag and fight?
The mercenaries are fighting for profit. The rebels are fighting because of their hatred for Gadhafi and for higher ideals than just money. Unless Gadhafi can drum up a significant amount of support among the Libyan populace, he is doomed.
I am proud of what the Middle East has achieved so far, and I hope that this great contagious reaches all the parts of the world where there is abuse of any kind, particularly in Sub-saharian African and China. No one should leave under poverty, inhumane conditions, without freedom of speech and actions, access to health care as well as work. A Universal Human Rights Act should amend the current Human Rights that was establish back in 1789. Any leader or nation that does not comply to bringing these basic needs to its people, should be singled out, blocked access to international credit or aid, banking and no trade should be establish with that regime. This will be very effective it won't take 42 years like Khadafi or over 52 years like Castro (it's insame). It's unthinkable that with today's intelligence we have not been able to oust these guys yet, they might be serving many others interests, big time. What a shame for the West… we have became dependent on China this mediocre communist regime. For my part, I boycot any product made in China, which for the most part are poorly made.