Anne Barnard of the New York Times reports that yesterday the chairman of Libya’s "transitional" government exhorted Libyans to support a democratic system that honours Islam, respects the rule of law and repudiates the personality cult of Moammar Gadhafi.
The rule of law? What kind of law? No prizes for guessing that Mustafa Abdul-Jalil means sharia law. This is what he said. “We strive for a state of the law, for a state of prosperity, for a state that will have Islamic sharia law the basis of legislation.”
Executioners are reportedly sharpening their swords, so as to be ready when Gadhafi [How are we spelling his name today? Ed.] and his family and friends will be brought to "justice"...Islamic justice, that is. But don't hold your breath. Even though it's been six months since NATO started pouding the sand [Sand??? Ed.] out of Libyan cities and civilians, they haven't quite succeeded yet in ousting the Mad Colonel.
There were other indications Monday that efforts to declare "complete victory" over Gadhafi and his holdouts were moving slowly or, errr, stalled. Two days have passed since a deadline for remaining Gadhafi loyalists to surrender, with no indication that they have lost their will to fight, and NATO says its work is not yet finished.
Footnote: Prime Minister "Call me Steve" Harper told gullible Canucks that once Canadian forces were out of Afghanistan, there wouldn't be any more...or at least not much more...waste of lives and money in the Middle East. But this morning the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that troops wearing the maple leaf are on the ground in Tripoli. Is anyone surprised?
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