After far too many years of Moammar Gadhafi's creating turmoil in Libya and in other parts of the world, Gadhafi is on the run from the rebels who have taken control of his misruled North African country.
Where is he hiding?
That's anyone's guess, at least as of this writing. We're glad his disastrous exercise of dictatorial power is evidently at an end. But it would be desirable nonetheless to find him and bring him to account for his tyrannical rule and his long support of terrorism.
Gadhafi's wife and three of his children reportedly fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday. And though it seems likely to be only a matter of time before he is found, Gadhafi so far has managed to keep his own whereabouts a secret.
Of far greater concern is the question of who may come to rule in Libya in Gadhafi's absence.
It is difficult to imagine a replacement who would be worse for the Libyan people -- and the rest of the world -- than the now apparently fleeing Gadhafi. But with Libya lacking democratic institutions and having become accustomed to dictatorship, it's frighteningly uncertain what direction the country may take next.