An encouraging sign

The flight of Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa is a sign that Gaddafi is losing the support of his government, the liberal daily Aamulehti writes: "The safest way to survive in politics is to side with the winner. The Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa's defection to the West makes him the highest-ranking Libyan leader so far to assume that the dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi won't wind up winning this war. ... Air strikes alone won't resolve the Libyan power struggle. Because sending ground troops to Libya isn't feasible for many reasons the alliance could support the rebels with for example weapons instead and hope that Gaddafi's government crumbles from within. Koussa's change of sides is an encouraging sign that Gaddafi's supporters are dwindling in number. He, too, will have to realise at some point that a leader without troops has no future."

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