Libyan rebels losing their nerve

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Los Angeles Times:

Reporting from Ajdabiya, Libya—
The nascent rebel effort in eastern Libya, sustained for weeks by revolutionary passion and zeal, has begun to fray in the face of chaotic battlefield collapses and ineffective leadership.

Many of the idealistic young men who looted army depots of gun trucks and weapons six weeks ago believed the tyrannical 41-year reign of Col. Moammar Kadafi would quickly collapse under the weight of a mass rebellion.

Now those same volunteer fighters, most of whom had never before fired a gun, have fled a determined onslaught by Kadafi's forces, which have shown resilience after being bombarded and routed by allied airstrikes a week ago.

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Interesting negative read on things.

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Libyan Rebels Seek Cease-Fire After U.S. Vows to Withdraw Jets

Libya’s opposition called for a cease-fire after the U.S. said it’s withdrawing aircraft used to attack Muammar Qaddafi’s forces following adverse weather that prevented strikes allowing Libyan loyalists to push back rebels.

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The nascent rebel effort in eastern Libya, sustained for weeks by revolutionary passion and zeal, has begun to fray in the face of chaotic battlefield collapses and ineffective leadership.

 

Let me fix that

 

The nascent rebel socialist community organizer effort in the eastern and coastal Libya parts of the United States sustained for weeks months and years by revolutionary passion and zeal and the mainstream media in bed with the President , has begun to fray in the face of chaotic battlefield collapses and ineffective leadership on the part of the President and his Czars.