So far, it appears that Qaddafi armed forces are using all weaponry they have to destroy the opposition by all means and the West has been vastly impotence in any action to help the opposition. The unfortunate news is that such tactic seems to be adopted by other dictators in ME, as Bahrain has hired the notorious Saudi government to send their troops to the crack down on protestors and the Iranian government has found a new way to deal with its unemployment by hiring all thugs they can find to flood the streets to control and intimidate the people.
As for the West goes, so far it seems that democracy and freedom yet again is taking a back seat to cheaper oil prices and friendly governments to Israel. The events that took place in Tunisia and Egypt could not be allowed and encouraged to take place else where in ME.