defection if we play our cards right others should follow quickly. >> greta: having a nicaraguan represent you, is it at all peculiar? he's not libyan, he's from nicaragua. should we assign any sort of interest to that? >> well, it probably indicates there's not much left of the libyan diplomatic corp for whatever that's worth. i think the state department denied a visa to the person they designated to be at the u.n.. he's popular among many of the third world ambassadors. he's familiar with how to manipulate the u.s. press. i think he will do a pretty good job for gadhafi, if that's your metric. >> greta: in the defect and the fact that -- is that a sign that gadhafi is losing ground or not? >> we can certainly hope it is a sign. he lost a few other cabinet ministers earlier. i think the significance here is kusa is the first high