#4 Libya's armed forces has histor always been considered more a DEFENSIVE FORCE, NOT OFFENSIVE, espec given Libya's large land area relative to its population. Although Libya was a member of the Arab League, its armed forces per se were never much of serious mil threat to Israel during the Cold War - when it tried, Israel + later Reagan cleaned their clocks.
Prolly more correct to say that Libya's military is akin to being BORDER GUARDS, or a PARAMIL POLICE-SECURITY FORCE WID NATIONAL DEFENSE RESPONSIBILITIES.
Since the assassination of EGYPT'S ANWAR SADAT, Muammar had made extensive efforts to improve the quality of the Libyan military TO PROTECT HIS REGIME, i.e. TO SERVE + PROTECT GHADDAFY.
STILL MORE THAN A MATCH FOR THE REBELS - unless more Mil Units + internal Security per se defect, in the absence of any foreign mil assistance/intervention in their favor the Libyuhn Rebs will likely have a very hard time trying to force Muammar from Tripol or from political power.
* PROPOSED "NO FLY ZONE" > indics or infers that the US-NATO/Allies are expecting Muammar to hold on to ruling power for a while. |