The sooner Gadhafi goes, the greater the impact will be. Gadhafi's fall would provide inspiration for the opposition in Syria and perhaps even Iran, whereas his survival would embolden the regimes in power there to cling on.

There is a tendency for newly installed presidents, like adolescents suddenly liberated from adult supervision, to do the exact opposite of what their predecessors did.

Europe has lost its soul, and America is in grave danger of losing its brain.