...and then there is the real reason the NTC won: the secret AQ-NATO alliance:

Then, a NATO warship sailed up and anchored just off the shore at Tripoli, delivering heavy weapons and debarking Al Qaeda jihadi forces, which were led by NATO officers.

Fighting stared again during the night. There were intense firefights. NATO drones and aircraft kept bombing in all directions. NATO helicopters strafed civilians in the streets with machine guns to open the way for the jihadis.
I thought this was supposed to be kept a secret, dammit! What is it with all the OPSEC violations these days?