Soon after the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling for the international community to "take all necessary measures" to prevent Libyan dictator Muammar "Daffy" Gaddafi* from unleashing more attacks on citizens, Daffy declared an immediate cease-fire. Probably a good thing for him, if he follows through. With air strikes by the U.S., Britain and France imminent, the Libyan dictator backed down -- for now. Knowing that fact, the allies have gone further and demanded that Libyan forces be withdrawn from territory previously captured in the east.
Clearly, the world community wants Daffy gone, and as cleanly as possible. He's now on notice that further attempts to brutalize his people to hold on to power will be met with force.
(photo: Will there be a second career for Daffy in comic operas?)
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*His name is spelled in different ways, but he's still Daffy to us.
