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  1. It will be interesting to follow this since we were essentially just the “muscle” for the Europeans who only wanted this to protect one of their primary sources of oil. Is the US going use their involvement to insist on a role in the aftermath or will this be primarily a European attempt at “nation” building which they claim to find so distasteful and “dangerous”? All indications are that there is no strong political leadership among the rebels ready to step in so someone from the west will have to help with the transition… or sadly… not…

    Interesting times…

  2. It’s been a rough year for Arab dictators. Assad may have had his mind concentrated.

  3. Good chance it is not over. Gadaffi has 14,000+ well trained and loyal troops unaccounted for.

  4. As much as we would all like to see democracy flourish in the Middle East, for some reason I don’t see it happening. Maybe it’s their background. Maybe it’s Islam. Maybe it’s their willingness to allow the jihadist to subvert their lives and kill their children. Maybe it’s a combination of all of those.

    After the revolution in this country there were many who wanted a king. There was a lot who never wanted to kick the British out to begin with. (I think most of those are democrats now. 😉 ) But in this country we were not saddled with and controlled by monotheistic religion like they are in the Middle East.

    I wish the best for them but I just don’t have confidence they have the leadership to break the chains of Islam that control their lives. I don’t think they have the leadership that is not looking to step in and be the next grand leader to keep them in chains.

    Hopefully for the people of the Middle East and the rest of the world I am wrong.

  5. From Neo’s update link:

    At the base, the rebels also freed more than 300 prisoners from a regime lockup…”We were sitting in our cells when all of a sudden we heard lots of gunfire and people yelling ‘God is great.’ We didn’t know what was happening, and then we saw rebels running in and saying ‘We’re on your side.’ And they let us out,” said 23-year-old Majid al-Hodeiri.

    (Boldface mine.)

    Neo writes, I wish I felt more hopeful about what will replace the abominable Gaddafi.

    Me too.

  6. Personally, I am rooting for the crazy devil we know to prevail against the crazy devils we haven’t a clue about. Egypt & Libya ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood is not a good outcome.

  7. Pondering the track record of our community organiser in chief, i’d say there’s a 98% chance this will prove to be a huge blunder we regret.

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