Yeah, I was me who called them the Rebel Alliance, but i will give you darth Gaddaffi.
The problem is, even if we gave them the arms, they do not have thr training to use the heavy stuff and you can't claim they have the cohesion to fight a trained army. the Gaddafisti are on the ropes, but they won't go down easy or give up while they can hide their tanks in civilian areas or get their big guns close to a hospital or a school.
The westernpowers will say ' let us send in the ground troops'. And be anxious to cut a deal with the winners for some cheap oil.
The british Empire got big by co opting the methods and the peoples ofthe world to work for them on british terms and in line with british interests.
The rebels have got to learn to co opt the good will of the west, the Arabs and Africans have got to learn pull together. heck, if the Eenglish can invent something like ' Great Britain', and get the scots to fight and die for it all over the globe, I am sure that the Africans and the Arabs could learn to get together and run their own show if they tried.
My apologies if that sounds patronising. I realise it may to some, but I hope that people will get that unity is important her, and that both the African Union and the Arab League both have and interest in seeing greater prosperity for their own people.
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The problem is, even if we gave them the arms, they do not have thr training to use the heavy stuff and you can't claim they have the cohesion to fight a trained army. the Gaddafisti are on the ropes, but they won't go down easy or give up while they can hide their tanks in civilian areas or get their big guns close to a hospital or a school.
The westernpowers will say ' let us send in the ground troops'. And be anxious to cut a deal with the winners for some cheap oil.
The british Empire got big by co opting the methods and the peoples ofthe world to work for them on british terms and in line with british interests.
The rebels have got to learn to co opt the good will of the west, the Arabs and Africans have got to learn pull together.
heck, if the Eenglish can invent something like ' Great Britain', and get the scots to fight and die for it all over the globe, I am sure that the Africans and the Arabs could learn to get together and run their own show if they tried.
My apologies if that sounds patronising. I realise it may to some, but I hope that people will get that unity is important her, and that both the African Union and the Arab League both have and interest in seeing greater prosperity for their own people.