Gadhafi dead?

CBC is reporting that Moammar Gadhafi has been killed. I know it isn't nice or PC to say but I hope it is true. His death is decades overdue but at least it finally happened.

Western Forces

Damn ... its started a lot sooner than I thought it would. The Arab League is already backing away form the UN enforcing the no-fly zone and no attacking civilians. Talking with friends yesterday I said that I thought something like this would happen.

Considering the size of Arab League member airforces there is no need for the West to supply planes to enforce things. The Arab League members could and should be doing it. Hell Saudi Arabia has troops inside Bahrain attacking protesters. Why not use some of their f-15's in Libya? By not doing it, Arab nations can now stand back and say "We aren't doing it ... the West is." When the Muslim Fundamentalists start using it as a rallying point the Arab nations will just point at America and other Western nations and say "They did it." And we (the Western Nations involved) fell for it.

What's next?

Ok, the United Nations has decided to intervene in Libya. A no fly zone has been declared and UN forces will be allowed to attack any military formation threatening the rebels. The U.N.'s actions do beg the question What is next?

Will they move into Bahrain? People who want freedom there are be oppressed and killed. Saudi troops are in the country to help do it. Will the U.N. send forces there to stop that? Odds are they won't. Which then begs the question Why not? What is the line that separates the use of force in a situation like that? The U.N. has drawn a line in the sand but will it be applied equally everywhere?