SECOND DAY – AT 7:50 A.M. ET:  The leader of Libya remains defiant on the second day of air strikes.  From Fox:

Explosions and gunfire were heard in the Libyan capital of Tripoli Sunday morning as the U.S. and its allies continued military strikes against targets of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, who on Libyan state radio said the raids were "acts of terrorism".

Qaddafi added that all of the country's people were now carrying weapons to defend the nation.

"We will not leave our land and we will liberate it," he said.

He said he has opened up the weapons depots to Libyans, and said everyone is armed with "automatic weapons, mortars, bombs."

"We promise you a long war," he said in the address.

COMMENT:  We don't really have any significant updates on the military action.  However, some experts on the area point out that Qaddafi is far less ideological than he sounds, and has always sought a way to preserve himself.  Please recall that, after we removed Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq, Qaddafi, appearently fearing he'd be next, gave up his nuclear weapons program and tried to smile.

So far there have been no reports of a direct military attack on Qaddafi's headquarters.

The usual suspects in the "anti-war" (any war America has a chance of winning) movement are already in action, including formerly famous filmmaker Michael Moore.  But demonstrations in this country have been scattered and small.   

March 20,  2011