Interesting, this situation we're in the West..
We are that dependant on a continuous supply of gas and oil from the Middle East, we're between a rock and a hard place as to whether there can be a consensus, voted by the UN this time, that would allow foreign boots to hit Libyan soil..
Not to say they can't be supplied with arms, but certainly not those as large or sophisticated as Mohammar's army.. and they're not trained to fight seasoned troops..
There hasn't even been a decision yet on a no-fly zone..
There is a very good chance, that should the world act quickly, Libia will remain a dictatorship, and this uprising will fail..
There are current talks between the west and the Arab League and the Confederacy of Arab States about how far the west can go, but we have nothing from that yet..
One chip the Arab States hold, and that's who's going to get some of the rights to the richest oilfield in the world..
Watch Saudi Arabia..