Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post

That is what makes the whole thing so ridiculous. That rebel ground force proved itself completely incompetent in the face of a poorly led, small, dilapidated, Soviet-era military force. Do you really think they'll be able to take Tripoli? If Gadaffi is going to be removed, the West will have to do nearly all the heavy lifting.
The rebels seem to do just fine when there isn't tanks and airships bearing down on them. Now that the air component is in their (rebels) hands, I think it is too early to say what will happen now. It has yet been a day since the resolution, if the rebels new energy and momentum fail, then they are doomed and we should pull the plug on the operation. If Gaddaffi finds himself in trouble without new mercs coming in (by air at least) and suffers a few strategic bombs of some of his tanks (which you have admitted is small, so there isn't many to destroy), well I think we should continue doing what the western world has been doing so far and play it by ear.

I'm don't want to let the rebels have a fair chance taken away from them because we didn't feel like stopping hordes of foreigners packing guns from influencing the turn out (darn Germans/Prussians almost ruined my country's revolution). If the rebels are screwed, then this will be over in a month, if not then we did the right thing by helping them achieve their dictatorship. As long as we don't put boots on the ground, I am fine with how it is right now.