As soon as british mps learn that norway has to swallow almost every regulation that comes out of brussels , despite having virtually no power to shape them , they will waver .
As for the regions , officials waver between severity ( threatening to grab financial control from the worst offenders ) and claims that they can meet their deficit targets without coercion .
As the colonel 's forces advanced and the international community appeared to dither , many libyans who had thrown in their lot with the rebels began to waver .