and ance, oers possibly, at will take part in what b would be called close air support or air-to-ground missions, so that gadhafi s forces that are engage with rebel forces are going to have separated. that s where this other element llwi take place. so clearly it s a bit confusi. let me ask youbout the u.s. ambassador to libya. he was just on our air speaking at a press conrence at the state aidepartment. he said that gadhafi s regime is reaching out to possible h mediators and he suggested that this is a sign of desperation. at s yr outake on that? utely. i mean, i m not the political or the diomatic guy, but absolutely. gadhafi knows that his oath wnl out of here is either going to be in a coffin or he disappears in some way so that there can be some form of transition. but i have toell you that it seems to me a rather abrupt change in what we ve understood