There are two issues ... denial of resources and tapping resources. I'd guess that keeping some flow of oil going and bringing in revenue seems likely to come from holding Tripoli and Az Zawiya, but there are both opportunities to pump oil in the East and indeed a pipeline (can't tell if its gas or oil, I'm a little unclear on which lines are gas pipelines and which are oil pipelines) that crosses the border into Egypt.

I wouldn't guess it would come to an insurrection with a liberated territory spanning the eastern half of the country without the dictatorship falling. But the fact that its not possible to get a stranglehold on oil revenues from a small part in the northwest corner of the country could be part of accelerating a collapse.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

... Libyan Air Force to take seriously ~ not only no fuel for their expensive toys but no replacement parts for their expensive toys if the country does not have oil revenue.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.