They are dancing in the streets of Benghazi.
Shortly before midnight, the streets of Libya’s de facto rebel capital, Benghazi, were quiet, nearly deserted.
A few minutes after midnight, tracer bullets and celebratory machine-gun fire were racing into the air from every direction and residents piled into their cars for a massive street party.
In between, the United Nations Security Council voted by 10-0 to not only impose a no-fly zone over eastern Libya but to allow for “all necessary measures” short of an occupation to protect the country’s civilians from Col. Muammar Qaddafi, the dictator who’s ruled Libya for nearly 42 years.
From what I’ve read, they are going to impose a “no-fly, no-drive” zone on Qaddafi.
Long live the Republic of Libya!
UPDATE: Glenn is all over this already:
AND NEOCONS EVERYWHERE SMILE
Yes. Yes we do.
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I’m smiling.
But.
I saw a TV clip of the Libya demos and the last thing I heard was some guy doing the “Akbar”.