Go to:
http://www.cbs.com/cbs_evening_news/and click on "Latest Full Episode Watch Now" button. It's a little over four minutes into the program(me), and it features Mandy Clark (whose coolness under fire is amazing, and definitely makes her a total hottie in my book!!!) explaining that the Libyan rebels' lack of combat capability opens the question of the efficacy of arming them.
The truth is, amateur armies have defeated professional armies many times in the past, but the Libyan rebels don't seem to me, nor to Mangy Clark, to possess the potential to become one of those victorious amateur armies.