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Eventually the vacuum of the opposition would be filled by egypt's most well organized opposition, the muslim brotherhood. and yet, what we saw is that the muslim brotherhood never led that movement. on the contrary, they seemed to be sort of left behind by the movement of the kids and certainly now as we look to the transition of what could come out of egypt the muslim brotherhood will certainly play a role but a very small role. and i think that's the real key here. the notion that we need some sort of leader for these oppositions that they have to be organized from above is no longer the ca...

You know, the west view moammar gadhafi as a despot but attitudes are changing. >> we trace the way the views have evolved over the years. >> reporter: since 1969, moammar gadhafi has controlled nearly everything in his country. business, media, military and oil. as he grabbed more power, he expelled western and american gas companies and investors, tortured and assassinated libyan opposition. by 1980, the u.s. severed all diplomatic ties. >> he is an animal who has no scruples, morals. >> reporter: in the early '80s, tensions between the u.s. and libya intensified. >> we know that this mad do...

Attitudes are changing. >> we trace the way the views have evolved over the years. >> reporter: since 1969, moammar gadhafi has controlled nearly everything in his country. business, media, military and oil. as he grabbed more power, he expelled western and american gas companies and investors, tortured and assassinated libyan opposition. by 1980, the u.s. severed all diplomatic ties. >> he is an animal who has no scruples, morals. >> reporter: in the early '80s, tensions between the u.s. and libya intensified. >> we know that this mad dog of the middle east has a goal of a world revolution, m...

The young protesters are taking the lead and leaving behind the traditional opposition party. so when all the dust settles here, what role will the opposition parties have and what role will the young people have? >> well, that's certainly remains to be seen and it certainly depends on the country we are talking about but the best example is egypt where during the two and a half weeks of that uprising most western analysts kept assuming eventually the vacuum of the opposition would be filled by egypt's most well organized opposition, the muslim brotherhood. and yet, what we saw is that the mus...

All of this would produce a chuckle, except gadhafi is now accused of slaughtering his own people and he's sitting on 2% of the world's oil supply. in fact, a libyan opposition figure told cnn that a libyan pilot crashed his plane rather than carry out gadhafi's orders to bomb libya's oil field. so if this is true, it could send a jolt to the world's oil markets, and you know what that may mean, higher gas prices here. so what to do? president obama has so far condemned the violence in libya in a written statement, but that's not forceful enough for sarah palin, who says, "gadhafi is a brutal ...