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Navy seals against the compound we thought in a, abbotabad we thought might house bin laden. there was a split in advisors. eventually the president makes the decision. i supported doing what we could to support our european and arab partners in their effort on humanitarian basis, a strategic basis, to prevent qadaffi from launching and carrying out massachusetts curse. >> there was another obstacle thaw overcame and thats with the arabs themselves. jake sullivan sent you an email and he said th...

Intense discussion about whether to launch the navy s.e.a.l.s against the compound in which we thought might house osama bin laden. eventually the president makes the decision. i did what i could to support our european and arab partners in their effort on a humanitarian basis, a strategic basis to prevent gadhafi from launching and carrying out massachusetts kmass massacres. there was another obstacle, the arabs. jake sullivan sent you an e-mail and he said this, i think you should call. it wil...

Syria. qatar said it was going to support. so i think now the administration is trying to rally around the g-20 statement, getting arab support. you saw earlier in the weekend in lithuania, all 28 european foreign military leaders signed on to a statement calling for a strong military approach. it looks like theyre looking better than the one in congress. >> i wonder, were there any concerns expressed by the international community by kerry why they wont be more committed than just kind of lip s...

Lets not be casual about things very, very serious. >> andrea, the president it struck me when i was listening to the press conference when he said if some of these folks think its time to launch a war they should say so and explain to the american people exactly why they would do that and what the consequences would be. everything else is just talk. almost angry but mostly sort of strong-sounding comments from the president. i wonder if youre hearing from the white house that is connected to th...

Bases that are currently crucial. >> if arab support is crucial and it is crucial in this situation, who are they saying they would rather see take the lead in this? >> well, its not clear. obviously the arab league want to make sure that they have some kind of involvement in this. theres reluctance on the part of the arab countries, particularly the arab league to contribute forces to a mission that would be run by the nato military alliance because of the negative associations that nato allian...

>> one subject. >> first of all, i think its very easy to square our military actions and our stated policies. our military action is in support of an international mandate from the security council that specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat posed by colonel gadhafi to his people. not only was he carrying out murders of civilians, but he threatened more, said very specifically, we will show no mercy to people who lived in benghazi. and in the face of that the international community ra...

This battle over libya is far from over. >> arwa a short time ago we heard from the pentagon saying they are not in direct contact, those who are attacking libya are not in direct contact with the rebel forces. do you get the sense, though, that the rebel forces and the opposition on the ground does understand that they have a lot of support from americans? >> caller: they do now, and they do now that the u.n. resolution passed. now that theyre seeing america absolutely involved. up to that stag...

The coalition has nine other members and nato may take the lead, though that is a delicate issue and far from resolved. in the meantime, libyan fighters have not gone away. weve heard from misrata, east of tripoli, that gadhafis tanks and snipers have unleashed, quote, absolute destruction and carnage. a spokesman says theyre shooting people in the street. a poll shows support for the mission x,. 70% do not favor sending in ground troops. i want to turn to cnns nic robertson, who is in the lib...

Has got to go against the limited objective of this campaign which does not demand his removal? if colonel gadhafi is killing his own people, is it permissible to let him stay in power? and, if i may add, do you have any regrets, sir, about undertaking this mission while youre on foreign soil? and do you have the support of the arab people in this yet? >> okay. first of all, i think im going to embarrass jim by letting everyone know that jims mother is chilean and so this is a little bit of a ho...

Take the lead, though that is still being decide. and libyan fighters are still on the move. word from misrata east of tripoli, gadhafis tanks unleashed absolute destruction and carnage. a witness says they are shooting people in the main street. an exclusive cnn poll finds broad american support for the allied mission. more than 80% say protecting libyans from their longtime dictator should be a somewhat or very important goal of the u.s. but 70% do not favor sending in any ground troops. i w...