Vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi explode after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/FilesLibya Crisis: Gaddafi Army 'Not At Breaking Point' -- BBC
Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi's armed forces are not close to breaking point despite hundreds of allied air strikes, American military chiefs have said.
Adm Mike Mullen told a US Congress committee Col Gaddafi's troops still had 10 times the rebels' firepower.
At the same hearing, Defence Secretary Robert Gates reiterated the US would put no "boots on the ground" in Libya.
Rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces appear to have reached a stalemate in their fight for control of the country.
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More News On The War Fighting Ability Of The Libyan Army
Libya's Gaddafi not close to breaking point-US -- Reuters
Kadhafi's forces have not been brought to a breaking point -- AFP
Mullen: Gaddafi not at breaking point -- Press TV (Iran)
Gaddafi army 'not at breaking point' despite repeated Allied air strikes -- Daily India/ANI
US military chiefs warn Gaddafi’s army remains powerful despite air strikes -- International Business Times
My Comment: The ability to adapt and continue to pound the rebels even in the face of allied coalition bombing .... this tells me that Gaddafi's forces are more loyal and capable than what we have been led to believe. This conflict is truly (and rapidly) becoming the West's unwanted war in Libya.
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