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War against Libya: West

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deck just two exits west to end the war they launched against the government of Muammar al-Gaddafi: kill Libyan leader or the deployment of ground troops in order to realize the old dream of toppling it. Leaving the armed opposition to his fate after he was given so much rope and give Libya, would be a great loss.

End Gaddafi, who at first might seem a breeze for the United States, Britain and France, has become a very difficult target. Until the very leaders of the Pentagon, not given to recognize losses, talk of a stalled military conflict. Constant bombing, economic sanctions, arms embargoes, political and financial support to the opposition National Transitional Council ... are not enough to finish strangle the government, although he has dealt hard blows that favored the defections of some military leaders.

Gaddafi and his followers still resisting. The few years Honeymoon (2003-2010) with the West after decades of tension, allowed Libya to strengthen its defense capability millionaire arms purchases to the same that have always been enthusiastic. The leader also has internal support, which has influenced the certainty that the country is facing external aggression of imperialist powers.

Washington, Paris, London and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are aware that without their bombing, the rebels had not gone that far. No wonder resolution 1973 Security Council United Nations, exceeded by the attacks on Libya, was passed in haste Gaddafi when troops had regained many cities and were at the gates of Benghazi.

Few options remain for the West to emerge victorious from the swamp in which it has gotten. Have already tried twice to assassinate Gaddafi in a few days. With surgical precision, the NATO planes launched their missiles at a building from where he commands the war against the imperialist forces.

The alliance said that Gaddafi was not the target of the attack, and that only aimed to destroy the command center. But the justifications, of course, they were lame: NATO knew that Gaddafi had to be there, as is the commander chief government forces. For his part, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his British colleague Liam Fox, even strove to lie, and cataloged as a legitimate operation, making clear that all government facilities are at risk. A few days after the allies bombed Qaddafi's residential compound, killing one of his sons and three grandchildren.

If the assassination attempts continue to fail, a ground intervention seems another good start for the West. And NATO is seeking a new Security Council resolution the UN that allows the deployment of troops to fight on the ground, as bombing are not sufficient.

Although there are contradictions, that possibility is already in the oven. Only a matter of power limen their differences. By the time Washington has been reluctant do support the idea that France, Italy and other allies. However, the U.S. could change his mind, because at the beginning of the conflict said they would not get involved, and then ...

also have to see what the position of two major like Russia and China, who did not exercise its veto at that time and now seem surprised at what their colleagues on the Board have done so far.