Libya will be freed when the real fighting begins


The longer this unrest in Libya goes on the stronger the chance that the real fighting will begin soon.  While the protestors have carried the bulk of the fight to Moammar Gadhafi, soon those in its military will stop sitting on the sideline and get into the game.  When that happens the world will begin to see a serious push toward Tripoli and the massive surrender of those though to be loyal to Gadhafi. 

I say this because as a former member of the military, one can only sit idly by while the majority of their countrymen and women are mowed down by a dictator with nothing but disdain for his own people.  Those with training in military tactics will soon get their fill of seeing their fellow citizens being shot like fish in a barrel and remember that the oath they took was to defend those who can not defend themselves and their country from enemies which may now have become domestic.  They will soon realize that Gadhafi has become the oppressor of freedoms that they have sworn to protect and the hired mercenaries will gladly give up their guns to save their own lives.

What makes me sure that this will happen can be found in an Associated Press article titled Gadhafi militia open fire on Libya protesters by Paul Schemm And Bassem.   In the capital's Souq al-Jomaa district, protesters came under fire from gunmen on rooftops as they tried to march to Tripoli's central Green Square, several miles (kilometers) away.  Gunmen opened a hail of bullets on thousands heading toward the center from Tajoura, a crowded impoverished district on the eastern side of the capital, a participant said.  "We can't see where it is coming from," he said. "They don't want to stop." He said one man next to him was shot in the neck. Others reported gunfire near Green Square itself where dozens of militiamen opened fire in the air to disperse protesters coming out of a nearby mosque. Other armed Gadhafi supporters were speeding through streets in vehicles, said another witness.  But the most revealing evidence is "We will not stop this rally until Tripoli is the capital again," said Omar Moussa, a demonstrator. "Libyans are all united ... Tripoli is our capital. Tripoli is in our hearts."

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