Sunday, August 21, 2011

Whoa. Game over?

Holy shit! It looks like Triploi has fallen. New York Times: "Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s grip on power dissolved with astonishing speed on Monday as rebels marched into the capital and arrested two of his sons, while residents raucously celebrated the prospective end of his four-decade-old rule." President Obama: "Tonight, the momentum against the Qadhafi regime has reached a tipping point. Tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant. The Qadhafi regime is showing signs of collapsing." If the Libyan Army has ceased resistance (and it appears that it has), then Qaddafi has a date with history's ash heap. Not to be a killjoy, but we're suddenly faced with the next Big Question: Now what? Who takes over? History delights in giving new meaning to the phrase “be careful what you wish for”.

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