Originally Posted by Shotsie

Now there is no doubt that some of Gaddafi?s forces are hired guns from outside Libya, but it seems increasingly clear that he has had a significant number of Libyans who are willing to fight to the death for him. Given this truism ? and the fight-to-the-death approach of pro-Gaddafi forces ? it seems that our policymakers have chosen sides in Libya between groups of Libyans, and not between all democracy-loving Libyans and Gaddafi, his sons, and some non-Libyan mercenaries. But don't believe for a second that Gadaffi wasn't a brutal dictator, and that this is all some elaborate conspiracy designed by NATO to topple the regime. The uprising wasn't orchestrated by Western powers we just chose sides. Watch that Vice documentary and then tell me there is no significant opposition to Gadaffi's regime.