U.S., allies see Libyan rebels in hopeless disarray

[notesdev]

Reuters) - Too little is known about Libya's rebels and they remain too fragmented for the United States to get seriously involved in organizing or training them, let alone arming them, U.S. and European officials say.

U.S. and allied intelligence agencies believe NATO's no-fly zone and air strikes will be effective in stopping Muammar Gaddafi's forces from killing civilians and dislodging rebels from strongholds like Benghazi, the officials say.

But the more the intelligence agencies learn about rebel forces, the more they appear to be hopelessly disorganized and incapable of coalescing in the foreseeable future.

U.S. government experts believe the state of the opposition is so grave that it could take years to organize, arm and train them into a fighting force strong enough to drive Gaddafi from power and set up a working government.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/14/us-libya-usa-rebels-idUSTRE73D68S20110414?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Anyone want to wager on the date when US troops hit the shores of Tripoli? My guess is Aug. 1st +/- 2 weeks

[dkf]

1. Yeesh, Richard Engel figured this out in one day.

[RKP5637]

3. He always, consistently, has a good handle/idea on what's going on and possibly will happen.

In fact, he's about the most informative person I ever hear on things like this.

[dkf]

4. Apparently he is better than our CIA.

[ieoeja]

6. That isn't really difficult. (nt)

[notesdev]

7. The Onion gets it right more often than the CIA

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Yep. Probably earlier, tho.

Looks like we will be "forced" to "do it ourselves", overriding the wishes of that "rag-tag" lot of rebels.
'Cause we are bigger and better, you betcha!

[bullwinkle428]

5. Operation Clusterfuck...full steam ahead.