NATO is betting on the wrong horse in Libya: Tribes not defectors could make the difference

The international community including NATO needs to talk to tribal leaders still loyal to Mr. Qaddafi. (File Photo)

By JAMES DORSEY
AL ARABIYA

Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Qaddafi is hanging tough three months into punishing NATO attacks on his military and command center in Tripoli. Western hopes that the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone would spark…