[SMARTY]

Right, but I can't believe the ‘rebels’ have no personnel capable of properly handling equipment and following instructions... at least well enough to engage Mumar’s force. And actually ... THAT is what I thought they were asking for, equipment and advisors

[hcmama]

“If we did supply the rebels, who exactly would be receiving our money and munitions? Libya’s internal politics are opaque, to put it mildly. But here’s one disquieting data point, courtesy of the Center for a New American Security’s : Eastern Libya, the locus of the rebellion, sent more foreign fighters per capita to join the Iraqi insurgency than any other region in the Arab world.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/opinion/14douthat.html?_r=1&ref=rossdouthat

[ScottinVA]

I thought they were asking for, equipment and advisors

Could be, but that's how our involvement in Vietnam started, too.