Gaddafi reaches tipping point

Gaddafi reaches tipping point
Colonel Gaddafi seems to have reached the point of having little left to lose. As ruthless as it has been, his clampdown on protests until now has come just short of completely ripping apart Libya's frail social fabric. There are signs this is changing; a desperate man is capable of desperate actions, including setting neighbor against neighbor in a bloody orgy that has precedent in many recent African conflicts.
- Victor Kotsev