"these people are Moslem fundamentalists". Some are.   And a good number in Libya, including, it appears, those in charge of the provisional government, are not

As witness, for instance, the explosion of press freedom in Benghazi.   All sorts of newspapers.    How many newspapers in Tripoli are not controlled by the Gaddafi regime?

But please don't let us stop you, Ake, from smearing any group with one of the labels guaranteed to be a red flag for Westerners--in your continuing pathetic attempt to justify deserting the rebels at this point.

And though it pains me to say it, pathetic is more and more the word for those trying to end the West's military support for the rebels.