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JIM DUNNIGAN: Endgame For Khadaffi: ?Out of approximately 50,000 regular troops, only a hardcore o?

By Glenn Reynolds

JIM DUNNIGAN: Endgame For Khadaffi: “Out of approximately 50,000 regular troops, only a hardcore of about 5,000 soldiers and special forces can be considered reliable, and it’s simply impossible to retain dictatorial control over a population of almost 7,000,000 people with only a single brigade of soldiers. It is now out of the question as to whether the government can retake the entire country. It can only hold out for as long as possible.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 24, 2011 (boomark / email).