its citizens, it was strategically boxing gadhafi ç. as of 1:49 p.m. eastern, when the plane had taken off and the boat set sail, gadhafi no longer had the option of retaliating against america or retaliating against those evacuated american citizens in response to sanctions announcement. what the u.s. government wants him to do is stop attacking his own people. they don't want to give him the option of attacking american citizens instead. this is what the u.s. thinks they can do to make it happen. also, the u.n. said he should be referred to the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. libya's own delegation to the u.n., look at this, called for a moment of silence to honor the revolution, then after the moment of silence announced it was resigning. in washington at the libyan ambassador's residence, the staff lowered the flag of gadhafi era libya and replaced