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Are or the airports and military bases are. we can see and begin to understand what would be involved in a no-fly zone. why are you opposed to it? many are saying we should do it. everybody from john mccain to john kerry and joe lieberman. >> senator mccain knows about air defenses. hes given almost all. the problem with "the newsroom" is th the no-fly zone, we would have to take it out and go after his mobile air defenses. that is kinetic. people are going to die and were going to be completely...

Air force. and that is clearly true. i am not suggesting that you need to have a no-fly zone in order to accomplish a minimal objective of grounding gadhafis air force. theres a big difference between a no-fly zone and cratering his airfields, like john kerry. its not my idea. this is senator john kerry who this. >> ambassador marc ginsburg, thanks for joining us. >> sure. arnie duncan, the secretary of education, says up to 80% of schools in the u.s. are failing. nowhere is it more evident th...

Certainly old and it is not a major challenge, at least in my assessment of being able to impose a no-fly zone. >> how valid is senator mccains assessment? i want to ask a former allied member. good morning, sir. first your reaction on senator mccains proposed no-fly zone over libya. >> i believe its all in the details. if you are going to impose a no-fly zone and i was involved in one when we did one over bosn bosnia. its taking out the air defense systems on either side of what we call the gul...

You heard robert gates the other day saying theres been too much loose talk about this. certainly what we heard from the state department, from hillary clinton and from u.n. ambassador susan rice was much more pro-active about it. but gates, admiral mullen, they really do not, the pentagon does not want to take this on and nato is resistant to it as well. theyre demanding a u.n. resolution and russia and china would push back against that. >> were in afghanistan, we have over 100,000 troops ther...

A good idea or a bad item? >> well, i think that the bombing option is probably a cleaner one than trying to -- everybody, if you do this, you want to do it from the air, if at all possible. the last thing you want to do is put troops on the ground, american troops on the ground in there. that has all sorts of problems connected to it. but, if gadhafis able to hold on to his power by using his air force, then the nato, while working through the u.n., may well want to go in and cripple his air fo...

It. so some kind of a humanitarian resolution, acting under chapter 7 of the united nations gives a legal basis for it. then you have to determine whats the object of the action. presumably to alleviate humanitarian suffering. so where theres a food crisis, you could insert troops, deliver supplies, take airfields and so forth. if it becomes more pointed going against these mercenaries who are in there and actually intervening in the violence, then its a different matter and you have different s...

Be taken, military action or other action, what do you see? what are the possibilities? >> you know, first of all, youve got to have a basis for it. so some kind of a humanitarian resolution, acting under chapter 7 of the united nations gives a legal basis for it. then you have to determine whats the object of the action. presumably to alleviate humanitarian suffering. so where theres a food crisis, you could insert troops, deliver supplies, take airfields and so forth. if it becomes more pointe...

Woman last night in tripoli who was begging the world for some -- for some action and she was saying a no-fly zone. is that a possibility? >> yes, a no-fly zone is a possibility, although the latest word that i received through press reports was that the french are opposed to the no-fly zone. that will have to be hashed out in nato. but it is a possibility. >> in terms of action that could be taken, military action or other action, what do you see? what are the possibilities? >> you know, first ...

Possibility, although the latest word that i received through press reports was that the french are opposed to the no-fly zone. that will have to be hashed out in nato. but it is a possibility. >> in terms of action that could be taken, military action or other action, what do you see? what are the possibilities? >> you know, first of all, youve got to have a basis for it. so some kind of a humanitarian resolution, acting under chapter 7 of the united nations gives a legal basis for it. then you...

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