or john turman is vice president of policy and programs at the truman national security project in washington. i assume whether the international community should have seen this conflict coming. unfortunately, it's not too surprising because at the helm of this country, you have 2 generals who each effectively leave their own militaries and the thought of them co existing in the long run is far fetched. they have competing interests. they both want to be on top, and so well it was inevitable. there was a pretty high likelihood that they would come into conflict. and unfortunately that's what we're seeing over the last few weeks with devastating results. right. so as this plays out, how do you feel any, do you see it grinding on until one of the, when so do you see an international intervention? i hope is certainly that some sort of piece process. some sort of negotiation can kick in very quickly, given the destruction that's happening every day. but i think honestly, it's going to be very difficult because both of the generals and the forces they command they are accustomed to fighting. they