situation. you are very knowledgeable of this region based on your experience here. why does the arab league want gadhafi out? gadhafi is an erratic individual, he is heavily criticized a numb other er of l and made no friends. it s not surprising he has a hard time gaining support. so i don t think that he s going to be able to turn the corner with the arab league. let s say that the united states and brb gets whpresident what he wants and gadhafi steps down. what will be the power vacuum in libya? first of all, i m not convinced that gadhafi will easily step down. there s too much at stake for