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  Will it remain confined to air strikes?
  Bombs and missiles are indiscriminate and in a rebellion the rebels and rebel supporters can be anywhere and everywhere, including the air bases etc being attacked. As popular as the rebellion is touted to be there will also be a large number of civilians near every target who just want to get through it all without being killed by either side.
  
  What happens when the fighting gets into the streets of Benghazi, home of the rebels ruling council, at least two of whom were involved in the 1969 coup that put Gaddafi in power. Already the strikes are going into Tripoli which is probably home to many sympathetic to the rebels or just keeping their heads down.
  
  This is a rebellion with people and troops changing sides all the time. When a tank column is attacked do those ordering it recall that when Napoleon landed from Elba the army sent out to stop him turned around and marched with him to Paris?
  
  Is it humanitarian? The British government of the 1970's recognised the Khmer Rouge and condemned the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia despite countless reports of the killing fields.
  
  Arab nations are already balking at the air strikes, with no clear plan or objectives in sight how long before other nations join them?

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