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>> i'm interested in your take on the military dynamic right now. we seem to be involved in a bit of a seesaw battle, but something that appears to be approaching a stalemate. is there any way to break out of the stalemate, and if so, what would it require in terms of assistance to the opposition forces? >> i think there is a military stalemate or very soon it will be a stalemate because the rebel side or the opposition side, whatever we're calling them, don't have the -- the logistic ability to move large quantities of fuel and ammunition and supplies over these very long distances across the...

Up to the front to wave signs and shout god is great, effective number of fighting men, well under a thousand. i would say well under a thousand. actual soldiers who are now in the fight, possibly in the very low hundreds on the opposition side, on this side. and, you know, brave foolhart di young men with guns, 1,500 maybe at a guess. they're seriously outgunned and out manned. it's no joke. >> you've been there with them. what do you make of them. who are they and are they equipped to fight this battle. >> reporter: i'll start with the last, no, they're not equipped to fight the battle. that...

>> right, there isn't. there isn't a clear successor on the government side. there isn't a clear successor on the opposition side. and, you know, if the opposition is held together only by this desire to have the president step down and they can't even decide when, i think it's going to be very hard for someone to pull it together but there is not even a successor group or entity that it can clearly step in when the president does move on. >> frequently we look at the military and you say perhaps there's a military leader that can step in there. no one like that? >> no, and i think we should b...

Gadhafi's forces broke through their front lines and came all the way to benghazi but the front line since then has been holding at 30 miles outside of it. we have been seeing them moving closer. only a few miles outside of the city right now and say air strikes launched on gadhafi's troops positioning themselves at the northern entrance damaged at least three tanks, the problem, though, is that there are other tanks in position dug in only their turrets are projecting out and that they say is still able to hammer as is the artillery. what they have been trying to do is outflank gadhafi's troo...

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