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>> yeah, it is a stunningly good idea coming out of the obama administration. in reality it is a relatively small first step but a very important one. and i hope a precursor to others. china has gotten increasingly belligerent in its territorial claims in the china sea. it has gotten increasingly assertive keeping u.s. naval forces away from its coast. it has been developing anti-access area denial weapons capabilities to push our fleet and air capability back away. this is a response to an emer...

President was concerned about, which was the massacre of civilians. and you can only do so much with an air capability. you cant change government, you cant really stop ground forces with an air campaign. so its a stopgap, and were going to have to take our way through. what do we do next? >> what do we do if gadhafi hangs on? >> he is likely to hang on. i mean, the odds of being able to turn him out, when hes got as much support as he does in that portion of libya, and from tribes and from the ...

It be short? >> he says its going to be short. i would be a bit concerned about overpromising right now as to howo be out. one imagines we destroy the libyan air force, air capability, but as was pointed out, he sld chance to. then the mission becomes bomb the tank columns, how far do we go. meanwhile, u.s. policy is clearly regime change, but were not supposed toç enforce that policy with this military intervention. it is a bit confusing. >> so the riddle continues. msnbc political analyst, e...

I would be a bit concerned about overpromising right now as to how quickly were going to be out.ç one imagines we destroy the libyan air force, air capability, but as was pointed out, he still has tanks. he is still going to move on the rebel strongholds, once he has a chance to. then the mission becomes bomb the tank columns, how far do we go? meanwhile, u.s. policy is clearly regime change, but were not supposed to enforce that policy with this military intervention. it is a bit confusing. >...

Out. one imagines we destroy the libyan air force, air capability, but as was pointed out, he still has tanks. he is still going to move on the rebel strongholds, once he has a chance to. then the mission becomes bomb the tank columns, how far do we go. meanwhile, u.s. policy is clearly regime change, but were not supposed to{ enforce that policy with this military intervention. it is a bit confusing. >> so the riddle continues. msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson, thanks for joining us. >>...

A few hours later we were in front of the courthouse and benghazi walking along a march of women carrying one banner and it said how many libyans need to die before the united nations takes action? thats what we keep hearing. people want to know in eastern libya what it is going to take for the world to actually take concrete steps to bring about an end to this before even more blood is shed, eliot. >> arwa, have you heard any reaction to what we just heard ourselves, a few minutes, perhaps an h...

Against all the weaponry that they have without body armor, without helmets. they have absolutely no protective gear whatsoever. as one trainer we were talking to said, all they have to protect them at this point is their faith in god. they need weapons. they do have a fair amount at their disposal, but, of course, they need more, and in an ideal world, they would need to have some sort of air capability, which is exactly why they do want to see this no-fly zone established. at the end of the da...

Gates and our military says. heres the risk we face, if we do not stop this mad man who is delusional from killing his own people with modern aircraft that we could neutralize, i think it is not in our long-term national security interests so whatever risk we run of neutralizing their air capability, i think is smaller than the risk of setting on the sidelines and watching this dictator thug kill his own people. >> what do you think of the risk of this, we do know he had agreed with the bush adm...

And homs. but the pept gone did not target syria or russia air capabilities. this is what they did last year. they took out a runway and air capability of the syrian government. this is important. most effective way to carry out and prevent chemical attacks in the future is attack the assad reyeem -- regime. it was a limited strike. lebanese reporting that scientific research centers hit in damascus had been targeted by the israelis in the past and immediately buildings and so far, the reports a...