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That would be a reasonable response if I'd said or implied anything about certainty. I'm not at all certain that the NTC (or those the NTC can't/won't control) will continue killing loyalists. But I...

I'm not comfortable with the way you've reframed my words. I didn't say that Libyans have less capacity to organize than anyone else, I said the NTC has displayed a distinct lack of ability to...

I'm not sure what you've seen that's convinced you that the NTC is, or has the capability of becoming, an effective organizing force. Whatever it is, I haven't spotted it.

I've taken a dim view of...

Mmm... having seen the video, I'm more convinced. It's not absolutely conclusive, but there doesn't seen to be anything inauthentic about it that I can tell. I'm not sure if it would be appropriate...

I'm trying to say the opposite--that the NTC appears to be barely in control of itself. It seems somewhat unlikely (though not impossible!) that any orders passed down by the NTC regarding Gaddafi...

The difference between saying "Oops!" after shooting him in the back of a truck, versus actually putting him on trial--even a kangaroo court trial--is the difference between lining up civilians...

That's my point--I think this is indicative of the sort of "progress" we can expect. Well, this and other clues.

It's certainly possible the official line is exactly what happened. But who can tell? If they'd straight out executed him, would the official line be any different? If he hadn't been accidentally...

I love the narrative, here. "We found him in a drainage ditch and accidentally shot him a few times. Then we put him on a truck, and somebody accidentally shot him again and he died!"

Agreement or disagreement on that statement has next to nothing to do with what Fuchs said.

I think what's real to Gaddafi is the NATO intervention that carried the revolution forward.

But will "just enough" be enough? It seems like Libya, with its proven inability to mount a real revolution, is ripe pickings to be somebody's pet oil field. Will whoever ends up running the place be...

From my understanding, it seems unlikely to me that the future of Libya is going to be determined by anyone who actually lives there. Gaddafi did a really thorough job of pacifying most of his...