| Decades of rule by Gaddafi left Libyans with a collective case of PTSD, or something very much like it. |
| For face-saving purposes, I suggested that the capitulation could be to NATO, rather than other Libyans. |
| In July, Libyans confounded naysayers, pulling off the first elections in almost half a century. |
| Libyans are by and large charming, charismatic, humorous people with a Mediterranean joie de vivre. |
| The minute you start putting in Western forces even some Libyans who hate the militants will join forces with them. |
| Brega offered no hint that anything was amiss, basically because Libyans were barred from living there. |
