The Libyan revolution won't be finished until we capture Gadhafi, one of the rebel fighters was quoted as saying on Thursday. The whole world is waiting to find out where the overthrown ruler has been hiding out. Find Gadhafi, the rebels are demanding, along with the rest of the world. The fact is that wars against dictators and heads of dark terror regimes do not really end until they cut off the head of the serpent. Once it was Saddam Hussein in Iraq, then Bin Laden in Pakistan. Today it is Gadhafi in Libya. On second thought, those two cases only prove that capturing the former leader will not really solve the problem. Post-Gadhafi Libya, at least in the immediate term, is going to be an unpleasant place, even extremely violent. There is not much in the way of rule of law these days in the Libyan capital. Until the long-awaited democracy comes, if it does, Libyans will witness the settling of scores right underneath their windows. The images of bound corpses of Gadhafi soldiers are no badge of honor for the freedom fighters, just as the images of bodies of rebels executed by Gadhafi loyalists do not bring back the honor that Gadhafi never had. The New York Times and Le Monde, two important newspapers which are sympathetic to the Arab street and the liberty of the individual citizen, wondered Thursday what would become of the Arab Spring, mainly in light of the difficult situation in Libya. Uncertainty reigns in Egypt, in Tunisia, in Yemen and, of course, in Libya. The Arab League lost Somalia several years ago, when that failed state simply collapsed. Presumably, the West will grant the National Transitional Council every possible assistance so that Libya can rehabilitate itself as a prominent oil exporter. It is not easy to follow the news coming out of Libya these days. Credibility does not abound, not by Gadhafi and not by the rebels. Gadhafi tells us from his hiding place that he is about to defeat the rebels, while the latter are trying on his golden hats and swimming in his private pool. On the other hand, the rebels tell us first that they have captured Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam and then that they have Gadhafi's hideout surrounded. In both cases, the reports turned out to be false, just like the stories of Gadhafi's African mercenaries and the Viagra pills he handed out to his soldiers. Where is Gadhafi- asks the world, not because it wants an end to the revolution, but because it wants to see it begin.
