impossible demands, silly conditions, and said the rebels cannot be serious. appears, from his statements at least, that the government is intent on continuing this fight because they feel that they have the rebels outgunned and outmanned. and perhaps outmaneuvered. >> i mean, any observer looking at this from outside of libya is getting a firm impression that gadhafi has regained the upperhand here. is that accurate, do you think? >> reporter: he feels he has. i think he feels that he never really lost it. despite the recent defections of the foreign minister and various other senior officials, there's a sense that this regime is still strong, they've still got control, they've still got fight left in them. and they think that nato -- now it controls the imposing of the no-fly zone is going to perhaps interpret the u.n. security council resolution slightly different. so it won't be as aggressive in targeting gadhafi's forces. they're -- gadhafi's government feels that they're -- the