Thoughts on the Libyan Revolution

For how long will the fighting go on? Have the rebels run Gaddafi to earth in a block of flats not far from the famous Rixos Hotel and did he get there by tunnel from his compound? Are the SAS really helping and how many other countries have Special Forces involved in trying to smoke out Gaddafi? All intriguing stuff as was the Sky News item about the Gaddafi regime hoarding of enough food for 4 million people and medical supplies for the whole Libyan population for a year. At least now the plea from a doctor struggling for oxygen and blood can be answered without having to await supplies from overseas. It is a curious war and reminds one of the fighting in days of yore when military campaigning would cease when he soldiers needed to return home to bring the harvest in. In Libya it is not the harvest but Ramadan which effectively dictates that fighting stops when night falls and does not begin again until the afternoon as the combatants need to rest after their fasting during the previous day's sunlight hours and the late night dining after the sun has gone down. Although the rebels seem to be totally indisciplined they none the less come across as very brave and it has to be said quite effective. What has happened to Gaddafi's soldiers who were trained by the SAS as part of Blair's sweeteners to bring the then rogue state back from the brink and nearer to the West? When will they join the fight? One can only hope they give up together with the rest of Gaddafi's still loyal troops in the next day or two.