happens and then maybe intervene militari militarily. there is a rising possibility this thing could be over in a matter of days because the libyan opposition, the rebels, could be crushed. they could crumble here in a matter of days. so, you know, from my point of view, i would like to see a much more muscular response. i must say, i didn t think i would live to see the day when a headline like this would be in the washington post as it was this morning about an american president. on libya, obama willing to let allies take the lead. we have been, since 1956, the guarantors of stability in the middle east. that s been our role. and so, fran townsend, as david points out that headline in the post, and there are people in the administration saying we don t want to be out front on this. we don tment want it to be thed time in ten years that the united states used military force in the arab world. gadhafi knows tonight that he has at a minimum at a minimum several weeks.