Gadhafi defiant as rebels seize city

Gadhafi's Libya is getting smaller and smaller. He says he will fight to the death, but I'm sure he will chicken out and take an "extended vacation".

The last days of Old Mo. Thought I'd never see the day. I should buy a gift card for whoever puts a bullet in his head as a thank you. I just hope whoever replaces him doesn't turn out to be worse.

More a question of being "worse" in whose opinion ?

I'm not holding my breath for anything better.

Have to admit, a new provisional government led by people who either quietly or outspokenly supported the 42 year old regime does make me uncomfortable. That they only chose to come forward when things began shaking casts them in suspicious light for me.

But at the same time, I can't really argue entirely with them either. These guys are the only ones with experience in actually running the government, and like it or not, do have some authority. Waiting for someone to take charge and simply announce elections will be too long with the general disarray the country is in now.

While Egypt has gone the same way, I am surprised and impressed that Tunisia has not with the ardent purge demanded by the protesters (which continued) and brought in other folks from before Ben Ali. I have a feeling, though, that with a shorter regime, that's a more viable option for Tunisia than Egypt or Libya, and even then the guy they have is 84 years old. People don't really trust him to be much of a change either.

My best hope is that they invite observers to make sure elections occur fairly and as soon as possible.

Likewise, I was very impressed and happy with the one part of the article which mentions Tunisia.



From the ripple effects on other governments through and news, the role of Tunisians has been fairly positive, even though there are definitely still problems there.