Just for now. putting all invective on one side for a moment.
Gaddaffi's time is over. He states that he wants to be a martyr.
Fine. He has no chance of staying in power.
Well, let him choose the manner of his going. Only a matter of time, after all.
Comfy electric chair? hangmans noose? taken out and shot like Ceasescu and his wife?
Whatever. He'll be dead within the month. Thus do all despots perish. (remember Mussolini?) And good luck to the people of Libya in the task of rebuilding their lives....
Right then, who's next...I vote for Robert Mugabe.
A long time coming....