Improved rebel tactics and experienced military advisors could spell the end of Gadhafi’s reign

I can’t help but think that soon, Libya will be free from Gadhafi and his crew and those rebels who stood up to take back their country will be forever engrained in the history of that country for years and years to come.  They started off as a group of common folks but may end as the movement that truly changed a nation.

I think this because of the article written by Karin Laub and Maggie Michael of the Associated Press titled Libyan rebels report gains in Misrata fighting in which they detailed a strategy of “the rebels taking over several buildings along parts of the street, enabling them to cut off supplies — ammunition, food and water — for days to a Gadhafi unit and dozens of rooftop snipers.”  This seemed way beyond their capabilities when this conflict first started.  It appears that these rebels have come a very long way in a short period of time.  If they can secure Misrata, bring back those civilians that were chased from their homes and return this city back to some normalcy, they will have surely succeeded where many experts saw them failing.  There was a reason that Gadhafi’s forces fought so long and hard to hold that city and that reason has yet to be fully known but to see it fall and return to the control of its citizens means that the tight grip that Gadhafi may have once had, has now been lost.

This article also mentioned that “Italy, France and Britain are sending experienced combat advisers to help train and organize Libya's opposition forces.”  Adding this knowledge to the mix and teaching the rebels how to use the long range weapons that they need can only embolden them more to do what only they can do and that is take back their country.  It is a good thing that no outside country wishes to be seen as the one who removes Gadhafi from power, it is best that this be done by the Libyans themselves because then and only then will they really be able to say that they live in a country of their own making.

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