bases that are currently crucial. >> if arab support is crucial and it is crucial in this situation, who are they saying they would rather see take the lead in this? >> well, it's not clear. obviously the arab league want to make sure that they have some kind of involvement in this. there's reluctance on the part of the arab countries, particularly the arab league to contribute forces to a mission that would be run by the nato military alliance because of the negative associations that nato alliance has with its campaign in afghanistan and involvements in other wars, as well. and so the idea is to find a way to try and get arab countries to be involved on a political level in all of this, and to -- and to move away a little bit from the idea this is a nato operation, a western operation against another arab state. >> thank you. it was a nightmare story, but with a happy ending. a mechanical problem onboard a coalition jet sent it spinning out of control over libya, but the pilots managed to eject in