>First Suggestion that Gaddafi is About to Fall

>I’m happy to say I’ve just seen the first suggestion that Muammar Gaddafi is about to fall from his position as lifetime dictator of Libya.  See James Forsyth at Coffee House: The Spectator Blog. The general drift of the story, that the regime is losing control and unity, is confirmed by Ian Black in The Guardian.  

The loss of life among peaceful demonstrators is terrible, but if this is the fall of a despot, then this a great event.  Presuming that the current Arab democracy movement does not install new forms of tyranny, it is too soon to say.  The terrible example of Iran looms over this great moment.  However, we cannot support existing tyranny for ever, for fear of what might come next.  We must rejoice and hope.