BLINK: Libya declares cease-fire and says it will stop military operations as the West mobilizes.

UPDATE: Related: Palin Doctrine Emerges as Arab League Echoes Her Demarche on Libya. And Libya’s response seems to vindicate that approach.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Qaddafi reminded who the weak horse is after all? When America chooses to be the strong horse, anyway. My prediction: After seeing this reaction, and as he looks increasingly ineffectual elsewhere, Obama will take a more aggressive foreign policy approach in the future.