Gadhafy Will Prevail Over Rebels, U.S. Intelligence Officials Say

It is a given that Gadaffi is mentally unbalanced so it is discouraging to see other countries dealing with him in a rational way that he is completely incapable of comprehending. For headlines to declare that he has declared a cease-fire when it is not so, just delays intervention while the military continues as before; the hope obviously is that they can carry out the carnage as intended while the world holds it's breath, living in the delusional world where words are supposed to mean something. While thugs go house to house and rip the bodies of babies, and children, entire families apart and seize men so they can imprison and torture them in order to quell once and for all any idea or democracy, we sit on our thumbs waiting to see if Gadaffi "really means it". He plays the civilized world like a piano. I think we waited too long and those people are doomed. Gadaffi's son will carry on the crazed, hideous regime of his father, like in Haiti with Papa Doc and Baby Doc. The US never really helps save anyone; just gets up in front of the world and talks and talks and talks while the blood runs. I am of the WWII generation when my country was the hero; no more.

This "civil war" is over, and has been for several days. Anything Gadhafi has needed his air force to do has already been done, and a "no fly" zone over Libya now would do the rebels about as much good as a "no fly" zone over the Grand Canyon. The only thing left is for the secret police to come in the middle of the night, and the next day every wonders: "What happened to all the former rebels? Gadhafi promised if they laid down their weapons, everything would be forgotten..."
Say what you will about Gadhafi, but he has shown all the other dictators in the Middle East just EXACTLY how to deal with a political uprising: Be absolutely ruthless, and use your superior military organization and firepower as brutally as you have to. (And with the instability in the region, don't think they aren't paying attention.)
Europe gets just about every drop of oil that comes from Libya, and all they did was wring their hands and talk about how somebody should "do something". The Arab League called for a "no fly" zone, but didn't take a single step towards establishing and enforcing one. I was glad that President Obama kept us out of this mess, but it sure proves one thing: If the U.S. is not going to be the world's policeman, then NOBODY is.

Why do we need to strike anything in that country again? I forget.

Just another failure of this administration, what else can he expect when he put in a political hack like Leon Panetta to run the CIA. These guys have been clueless way before the Middle East started going up in flames. BTW the Chaos Theory cartoon of President Obama turning into a republican I think it's just the realization of how absurd his policies have been in the past.

If a no fly zone over Libya is too problematical, how about a few well placed cruise missles to decapitate the regime. After what Kaddafi did to the Pan Am flight over Scotland, this would not be seen as colonialism, but simple justice.

I just worry that if we go in, we'll have another Afganistan on our hands. Will we be required to stay and build a new government? I think that the international community is obligated to help the rebels!!! Unless we just go in, bomb the crap out of them and leave, it would be a good military exercise.

In the American Revolutionary War as well as WWII against Japan, the US lost in the early days of the wars, but eventually, THE WON THE FIGHT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE FREE.

Imagine how discouraging this statement must be to the rebels. Of course the dictator will win if the U.S. continues to do nothing to help them. We would have lost our revolutionary war if the French hadn't helped.

No need for U.S. aircraft to knock-out Libya's air defenses and anti-aircraft misslie sites. U.S. Navy ships operating in the Mediterranean Sea are very capable of knocking-out all of those sites with their arsenal of long-range, all-weather Tomahawks missiles. After that's done, our Navy and Air Force can go ahead and launch their F/A-18 Super Hornet, and F-15E Strike Eagle, respectively, multi-role fighter-jets.

Fact: Libya's Air Force is made up of 1 or 2 French made Mirage F-1, and a whole bunch of obsolete and mostly "out-of-service" Soviet/Russian MiG-21, 23, 25, and Sukhoi Su-22s. Trust me, No Libyan AF pilot in his right mind will dare engage our [US] jets in a aerial "dog-fight."

If U.S. intelligence officials say Gadhafy will prevail, the rebels will be in power within a week.