A REAL QUAGMIRE – AT 8:51 A.M. ET:  The word "quagmire" is overused in news discussions.  But there appears to be a real quagmire developing in Libya, thanks in no small measure to the incoherence of our dear leader's foreign policy.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan government forces tried to storm into the besieged city of Misrata on Friday as NATO generals acknowledged their air power was not enough to help insurgents remove Muammar Gaddafi by force alone.

Misrata, a lone rebel outpost in the west of the country, has been under siege by Gaddafi's forces for weeks. On Friday insurgents said government troops were advancing into eastern districts and fighting street battles with rebels.

"They tried to advance and enter the city from the eastern side, from an area called Eqseer which is a populated area. The rebels confronted them and clashes are continuing," insurgent spokesman Hassan al-Misrati told Reuters.

The only active front in the war, along the Mediterranean coast around the eastern cities of Brega and Ajdabiyah, has descended into stalemate for a week with both sides making advances and then retreating behind secure lines at night.

COMMENT:  Our attention span is not long.  People are starting to forget Libya, as they forgot Afghanistan a long while ago.  The word "victory" is foreign to Obama, and his failure to articulate a victory strategy, and then fund it, is leading us into a mess.  It will be blamed on BUSH (!!).

April 8, 2011