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Originally Posted by FlameOn
I don't think there will be the long term insurgency if that's what you mean. Iraq was a much more different beast than here. Though with reports of looting by the rebel fighters, it might not turn out so well.
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Iraq was about long suppressed religious differences while this is more about different tribes.
Probably less volatile as a result but most of these Middle Eastern cultures, while ancient, are fairly immature.
Fortunately, one of the benefits of free, mass communication is these populations seem to have learned from the visuals coming from Iraq in the mid-2000's, the sheer futility of it all, and will probably save themselves from the usual next step, killing each other until they exhaust themselves.
Lookin' good.
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I really wonder what happened to all of those Libyan army and Gadhaffi's guardsmen units when Tripoli fell... did they just all decide to go home? Or is this a trap?
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No trap . . . . . history is rife with similar examples. Everyone has suddenly figured out who is going to win and those wearing the uniform of the inevitable losing side are going civilian to escape retribution.
The tipping point has been reached.
Cowperson