as well as military means to do so. pressure from arab countries from around the world. so he does have a strategy. is it a realistic strategy? well, he also told nbc news tonight wolf that there s a ponlt he s not ruling out arming the rebels. not ruling it in. not ruling it out. they can t point to particular things they would do to guarantee gadhafi would leave. the president is on the record saying that gadhafi needs to go. he can t unring that bell. and there are a lot of uncertainties. what if flst there s a stalemate? what if gadhafi decide to wait it out. the rebels seem to be taking a couple steps backwards. this is uncertainty that we re not use to in the country.