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I’d give the Libyans the benefit of the doubt. Look at the live feed from Al Jazz.

If this were Cairo the jubilant mobs would be busy raping the reporterettes. That’s not happening in Green Square.

I’m with Pajamas Media’s Michael J. Totten. The Muslim Brotherhood did NOT plan out or anticipate the “Arab Spring”. They are NOT in charge of events.

According to him the Brotherhood has proven unable to get out in front. The Brotherhood poobah he was given to interview was a comically braindead, sclerotically ideological, ranting old dolt who couldn’t inspire a rally in a phone booth.

Now that Egyptians suddenly have a plethora of political parties and information sources to choose from, the Brotherhood has become obsolete overnight and the more ambitious, energetic leaders have already jumped ship to start their own outfits.

As for Libya, they have never been a factor over there.

I'm with sinanju on this. It's dangerous to underestimate your enemies, but its also bad policy to give them too much credit as well. The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Al Qaeda etc are not all-powerful, they do not speak for all muslims and they certainly don't speak with one voice. I suspect they were caught just as much by suprise as the west was by the "Arab Spring".

An unpleasant and mentally unhinged dictator has had his deserved comeuppances - I don't suppose there are too many people who would say that was anything other than a good thing. However, we will not know if we really have won until we find out who now takes over in Libya. If it is a pro-democracy group, great. Certainly the Brits and the French are pushing that hard. If the Muslim brotherhood comes out on top I predict there will be more trouble. I can't imagine the Europeans will be happy having a militant Islamic state on their southern borders.