the armed forces in a post iraq and post-anything goes budget world seems to be a good start. troop strength in europe has to come down. the era of keeping a big ground force for a big war is over. the pentagon needs to be more +tvátu that right. but the real rubber hits the road next month when the pentagon releases their proposed budget and congress decides how much of our tax dollars get spent. even if the pentagon s proposed budget makes it through weight watchers, it still has to make it through the porkers on capitol hill. and here s where it gets really interesting. you want to talk about money and politics? wait till you see what defense contractors trying to preserve their gravy train too. i m not talking about political campaign contributions. i m talking about huge corporations with thousands of employees threatening to pull jobs out of congressional
that s how confident they feel. of course, if they do, we ll believe it when we see it. we ve heard this before. but this is how confident they re feeling in the east now. ben, saif gadhafi said the big war is over, the main opposition has basically been broken. what s to stop them now, the government forces from getting to benghazi, the second largest city? reporter: they did suffer a defeat in ras lanuf, but they haven t been defeated. a lot of the rebel forces have simply pulled back, and they are being reinforced. so i think it s by no means over. and certainly the hope is that they ll be able to reinforce the defenses around the town of brega, which is about an hour s drive to the east of ras lanuf. and you need to keep in mind something. this is not a situation where one side can basically lose and live. if the gadhafi forces come to eastern libya, come to the city of benghazi, which has been so
talk to a soldier and he told me they used a tank to blast at the building where the rebels were. they hung these big white and green drapes down the side of the building, anchored by rocks on the ground to cover up the destruction. of course, you can t cover up destruction like that. we found one very forlorn sign out there on a square, and it said we will overcome. and they were wrong. they were overcome by the government forces. the other thing that we heard from the government tonight, anderson, they re going to take us they say they feel confident as the rebels lose confidence, the government said it s going to take us to ras lanuf tomorrow. that s how confident they feel. of course, if they do, we ll believe it when we see it. we ve heard this before. but this is how confident they re feeling in the east now. ben, saif gadhafi said the big war is over, the main
we ve heard this before. but this is how confident they re feeling in the east now. ben, saif gadhafi said the big war is over, the main opposition has basically been broken. what s to stop them now, the government forces from getting to benghazi, the second largest city? reporter: they did suffer a defeat in ras lanuf, but they haven t been defeated. a lot of the rebel forces have simply pulled back, and they are being reinforced. so i think it s by no means over. and certainly the hope is that they ll be able to reinforce the defenses around the town of brega, which is about an hour s drive to the east of ras lanuf. and you need to keep in mind something. this is not a situation where one side can basically lose and live. if the gadhafi forces come to eastern libya, come to the city of benghazi, which has been so openly in revolt against his rule, there will be a massacre.