So, if you're in charge of the Libyan rebel fighters......

[HEyHEY]

And a message saying Colonel cockface wants to resign under the conditions of no prosecution, he can keep his wealth and can leave Libya comes by, what do you do?

You can stop the fighting... but then he gets off scott free with a gold parachute after killing thousands.

What do you do?

[htuttle]

1. Depends.

How many bullets do we have left?

[pinboy3niner]

2. Stop the fighting and the bloodshed

Gaddafi doesn't get off "scott free with a gold parachute." Libya may forego prosecuting him, but he's still subject to investigation and prosecution by the International Criminal Court.

He can run--but he can't hide...

[HEyHEY]

3. Good point, but if your family was killed do you care what the hague does to him?

[pinboy3niner]

4. I can't put myself in their shoes

But I'll bet that even some families that have experienced tragic losses, and some fighters who have been up close and personal in the combat and experienced losses intimately there would support a quick resolution over weeks or months of protracted fighting and far more maiming and dying for Libyans.

The desire for revenge is natural, but even those who have experienced the worst of the horrors have differing opinions about what it would be worth to bring it all to an end.

In any case, the stories about a deal in the offing don't appear to be realistic. There has been a lot of confusion, with conflicting and contradictory reports. (Even the statements of the President and Vice Presidfent of the transitional council are contradictory.)

[pampango]

6. Good point. It's a tough call, but if a "deal" will get rid of him and limit the bloodshed,

it's worth considering. (I don't think a "deal" is under serious discussion now. Talk of it is just Gadaffi's attempt to divide the opposition.) Particularly since, as you say, the ICC can go after him in the future anyway. He may complain then that he had a "deal" but I doubt too many will feel sorry for him.

[pinboy3niner]

7. I don't think it's serious, either

It just looks like more posturing. He knows Libya can't give him immunity from the rest of the world.

But, to my mind, it would be worth letting him go to prevent all the killings and maimings and other horrors his people are experiencing now.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. I am going to ask a slighty different question from YOU.

Have you ever been in a warzone? Have you ever seen, apart of the academic interest, the actual effect of war on a population?

I think Pinboy3 has it right here. The reactions will vary from person to person. and fighter to fighter.

I will only add one thing here... tribal needs of revenge, which is an addition I never had to deal with when dealing with victims of war in Mexico (From Central America)

But in the moment you may want to personally strangle the living daylights out of Qadaffi, while others may realize anything to bring the killing to a stop is better, even if this monster walks away.

As is the window to try to get this stopped using specops or things like that is over... thanks to the SAS. And if they get it done with no help, they fully own it.