It is amazing how the recent turn of events have unfolded. Sparrow's song "Wanted dead or Alive" comes to mind.
Ironically, I feel Israel, Hilary and dem US boys quaking in dey boots because they not sure what coming after. Say what u want about Gaddafi and dem fellas, dey will rant and beat dey chest......but you know what you dealing with. And there was some semblance of order amidst the repression.
Time will tell because human nature is fickle. After all the protests, the masses will ultimately choose who meets their basic everyday needs first (food, lights, water etc).
I guess the Western world will soon learn that true Democracy is not "allowing the people to vote for who the Western powers want to put in."