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
gallons of oil gushed unabated into the gulf. it was a nightmare story that fixated the country for weeks and then for months. and in the midst of it we traveled to the louisiana shoreline to contribute what we could to understanding what happened and to why it was so impossible to fix it for so long. we re in the bay, this pass which leads up to the gulf of mexico and this gives you a sense of how subtle this impact seems even when you re right out in it. you think see right now there s almost a distinction in the way the texture of the water looks. this is sort of normal water when you sort of expect it to look like choppy conditions like this. see how it s got a different texture, where it s riply on the water? it almost looks like there s a skin on the water, real thin skin. this means there s oil here. you get this real thin sheen on the top of the water, but then you get these glops. a captain here says when it gets