Libya Peace Negotiations Are Already Underway -- Time
That Libya's epic struggle for power has slipped quietly out of the headlines is not surprising, in a media culture with limited attention span and an addiction to tidy (and preferably happy) endings. Libya is looking unlikely to provide either anytime soon: A military stalemate is unlikely to be broken by a rebel force of limited weaponry and organization, while Western powers remain reluctant to escalate their own military involvement; but the NATO-led air mission also prevents the regime from winning the war by eliminating heavy weaponry from the equation. Already, both the regime and the rebels are declaring their opening gambits on peace terms, suggesting that some form of compromise agreement may be what ends the war.
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More News On Libyan Peace Talks
Libya says ready for change, Gaddafi must stay -- Alertnet
NATO chief, Libyan envoy in Turkey for talks -- Yahoo News/The Envoy
Libya envoy in Turkey for truce talks -- AFP
Gaddafi envoy seeks Turkish truce deal -- Al Jazeera
Turkey to sound out Libya sides on possible truce -- Reuters
My Comment: Both sides are now realizing that Libya is at a precipice of a civil war that may last a very long time. But both sides are far apart .... and what is worse .... this war is now developing all the signs of becoming a blood feud that can have only one victor. The peace talks may be encouraged by outside forces, but within Libya itself .... this is becoming a fight to the finish.
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