but in terms of nuclear weapons, you know, i would say it s a possibility but not a probability. general kimmitt, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken told european allies the u.s. believes at this point the war could last through the end of 2022 and we know the kremlin is promising that its military goals will be achieved. seems pretty much at any cost. what would you expect russia s tactics to become, more brutal as this becomes more pro tracted? first of all, i think we got to look at the new commander in charge, general duvorinikov is a pretty tough guy, pretty tough in syria, human rights violations, flattening cities such as aleppo did the same things in the operations against crimea quickly and did crimea as well so i would expect him to feel unconstrained on the level of brutality he would be willing to use. they would not only fight at the
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particular issue. it means that you re sort of pushing the boulder up the hill, and you get it to circle him. other people are pushing. sometimes it s going to slip back. right? joining me now is frank rich, writer at large for new york magazine. that sounded like a pretty good tutor yal? i agree. i think he s entirely right about that. the problem i think he has now is in this pro tracted negotiation with these republicans, he can t make the best case for himself. he s fighting on their turf about deficits. my own feeling is, yes, there have been to be compromises and everything he said is true. on the other hand, every day that obama is not talking about jobs and is talking about cutting spending, he s hurting himself. not in a political sense but in a real sense because people are suffering in this country.
visit is a real problem for the administration. this is an individual who, because he s a former member of congress and has been invited, winds up being used, if you will, by gadhafi, so it appears like he s trying to negotiate, when that s really not at the table at all right now. when somebody goes, invited by the libyan government, and former congressman weldon is not clear, he s not there representing the government, obviously, they know he s going so they would have given him guidance. how troubled could they be about the mixed message, potential for that? i think this is a complication for the united states and for the europeans. because we don t want to give the appearance we re willing to negotiate with this thug, moammar gadhafi, and led credibility to his regime. we want to see the nato operation continue to pressure him. i think what the administration really wants, looking at a pro tracted civil war, a stalemate on the ground right now militarily, they want to see conti
you ll see the potential for tribes to rise against the government and to organize militias to come against the government. this may play out in a pro tracted manner. there are report that s gadhafi may try and torch and blow up some of the oilfields. that hasn t manifested itself yet, but everyone recognizes that is a potential. that will probably turn more people against him, more quickly, but it does seem it s going to hold on so there will be a fight eventually it seems, a fight for the capital where his militias and private security forces will go face-to-face with tribes and with the population who have yet to get themselves organized in that way, ali. nic, stay safe out there. we ll keep in touch with you. nic robertson on the tunisia/libya border. michael, let me ask you this. you mentioned these weak militia paramilitary armies. nic is now talking about the parts of the country that will be controlled by militia. compare this to something we know. what s it like when we re t