Muammar Gaddafi is dead, what comes next

Amy Davidson asks what comes next:

Libyans suffered terribly under Qaddafi for decades, and also in his fall—as he put down their uprising; in Benghazi, in the siege of Misrata; now. It would be a mistake to draw lines too brightly—to ignore, for example, what might happen in the next triumphant days to the civilians of Surt. (The Washington Post had a report on the grim conditions in the hospital there.) There have also been discouraging reports about the treatment of migrant workers, and of infighting within the National Transitional Council. Perhaps such circumstances will prove to have been a great crucible for a democratic future; but that has not always been the case. One can celebrate a victory, and still be cautious of its character.

Max Fisher recalls how he 'fooled the world'; the Daily Beast publishes an excerpt from Condoleezza Rice's memoir, in which she recounts a meeting with the now-dead Libyan dictator; Al Jazeera obituary here.

(Image: "Gaddafi cheers his supporters after a meeting with a delegation of five African leaders at his Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli." Zohra Bensemra/Reuters, via The Guardian)