it really does. the air attacks are not going to bring gadhafi down. what they could do is separate libya into two or three or more provinces. create little mini states there that are protected by western power. nobody wants that. gadhafi's not going to come down until two things happen. the people in tripoli rise up against him, and that doesn't look imminent. the other thing that has to happen is that the rebels or the civilians or the protesters or whatever they are now have to retake the oil-producing area in that trough there at the bottom of the gulf of sidra. that's where the fighting will have to take place. ras leneuf, brega, these places they were driven out of they have to retake. allied forces can't to that for them. they can protect them from the air but they're not going to go in on the ground. >> a lot depends on the will of those -- >> everything depends on the will of the libyan people. if the libyan people sit back and say, it's too late, we're