With Help From NATO, Libyan Rebels Gain Ground - CJ Chivers

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/world/africa/10libya.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

If you want to know why countries should be cautious when contemplating an intervention, Libya is a perfect example of what can go wrong. Qaddafi will be negotiating his safe passage and a return of some of his assets in two years while his countrymen struggle to learn the basics of democracy. I say that in the face of the fact that it is becoming more and more clear that the entire civil war hinges on whether he is alive or dead. If he could be removed from the equation, there is no government.