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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Hopefully the UN can muster up the forces necessary sooner rather than later. That way they can stop Gaddhafi's forces from steamrolling the rebels.
Wonder how much experience these rebels have operating those captured tanks/aircraft and what not.
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Likely just as much (or as little) experience as the regime has operating theirs, what with the massive amounts of defections that have been ongoing. 8,000 men, including 3,000 special forces, have been reported to have defected just recently, for instance.
Libya's military is not exactly a crack force -- think lots of conscripts and mercs from the south of the country. Then, the real "cream of the crop" is the three brigades commanded by Ghaddafi's sons, but even they are thought to be suffering from discipline issues. "Khamis Brigade" is said to be Libya's elite unit, but the "eliteness" of these forces is, of course, questionable.