is an armed opposition that they have every right as a sovereign government to put down, an armed insurrection, as they see it, inside their country. they say it's incited by foreign fighters, incited by al qaeda, and they feel that they have every right to do it. their position, of course, and what they're also saying on top of that is this is a conspiracy by the international community to divide the country, and re-enter it as part of -- as sort of a colonial move, if you will, a throwback to the days before moammar gadhafi. and moammar gadhafi is using this to try and build support. and if there were any international air strikes here, or whatever action is taken, he will use that to try and build support for him, say this is an attack on the sovereignty of the country, and people here tell us, well, the tribes will come out in support of us and there will be a bloodbath because if there's tribal fighting, this will pitch people against each other, bloodlines will be broken, or rather, you know, blood feuds will be begun, this will escalate the fighting. so the government is going to