peter pham, director of the atlantic council's africa center. dominique dieudonne, after the november elections laurent gbagbo dug in his heels, said he wasn't leaving. what has been the trigger, the turning point? what changed in the last several days to open at least the possibility of a negotiated settlement? >> i think he was probably under the impression that he was going to be able to do what he wanted which was sustain power. so i think the events of the last couple of days with the french coming on helping the u.n. and having a sort of a strong military presence that said we're going to do this differently because the political and diplomatic negotiations have not worked. and so i think that's probably what changed the corner for laurent gbagbo. >> suarez: peter pham, what is the turning point for you? >> definitely the military action. the forces that supported ouattara, the formal rebels, the republican forces as they're known now, launcheded a lightning attack which in four days overran 0% of the ivory coast. that changed the balance