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Massive chaos. you could have people come to the floor that say are aligned with islamic radical groups or as islamic group that doesn't control big chunks of the territory. >> before gadhafi there were three made up areas in libya. wasn't much of a country. >> you could have ungoverned spaces where groups like al qaeda could put down roots. as bad as things are, one of my rules in the middle east, things don't necessarily improve. i can spin out scenarios where things get better but i think we have to prepare for the fact that gadhafi could prevail. he could hang in for a long time or even if...

You could have people come to the fore who are aligned with radical islamic groups. you could have a central government that doesn't control big chunks of the territory. >> before gadhafi, there were sort of three main areas that made up libya. it wasn't much of a country. >> right. you could have ungoverned spaces where groups like al qaeda could put down roots. so yeah, as bad as things are. one of my few rules in the middle east, things have to get worse before things get worse. they don't necessarily improve. so i can spin out scenarios where things in libya get better, but we have to be p...

Massive chaos. you could have people come to the fore who are aligned with radical islamic groups. you could have a central government that doesn't control big chunks of the territory. you could have ungoverned spaces where groups like al qaeda could put down roots. so yeah, as bad as things are. one of my few rules in the middle east, things have to get worse before things get worse. so i can spin out scenarios where things in libya get better, but we have to be prepared that gadhafi could prevail, or even if the opposition ousted him, that's not the end of things. that's the beginning of pha...

Democratic uprising, that just turned violent or do you see this as a civil war that the u.s. is now siding with one group in a civil war? >> absolutely the latter. this is a civil war. whether you think it was humanitarian intervention or not, this is a civil war. we have sided with one side, the opposition to gadhafi. we don't know exactly who it is we're siding with. we certainly don't know who on the side we're working with would prevail with in the end. civil wars are nasty and often people who come to the fore are not people who are necessarily reading the federalist papers. >> could any...