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To go, there really is no narrative for us that looks like success in the eyes of the rest of the world unless gadhafi does go. and what i see if you end up with a stalemate, you have other states that will begin dealing with gadhafi. brazil, india, turkey. all of these countries could very easily begin dealing with him economically with a stalemate in place. so i think that would look like a real loss for the united states and we need to be careful, we need to define what end state we need to g...

The sense of urgency. >> so you think it was more fear of mission creep? >> maybe not so much a fear as just when you resort to military force under any circumstances, once the shooting starts, then things have a way of happening and are very difficult to predict in advance. we have on going engagements as youre well aware in iraq and afghanistan. and a host of other things going on in the world. and so one of the major issues is how many of these things -- is it realistically possible to pick u...

Pretty rapidly shrinking the area that the opposition forces control. and with the threats that were emanating from gadhafis lips in the last couple days, adding fuel to that fire. so i think stopping that, preventing that a tragedy seems to me is the first order of business. now the challenge is if you can stop them, then how do you get to the desired end state? at least as its been annunciated to date and that is get rid of him. i dont know how you connect the dots. that is the political chall...

That one. >> jamie: i cant see him backing down. >> he fights to the bitter end. and if he is defeated, hell go underground, the same way saddam hussein went under ground and the taliban went underground. in that part of the world peace is not an end state. it is the pause between fighting. >> steve: k. t. mcfarland, thank you very much. great perspective. have a great day. >> eric: the u.s. military flew from the heart of our country, missouri, all the way to libya to drop bombs and only 48 hou...

Of exceptionalism, were not the last word. most americans do think were exceptional. weve operated traditionally, historically and exceptionally from a position of strength. i think the concern is were compromising our role and in that profile, particularly in the eyes of weaker nations who have always relied on us to be the big dog and to be someone they can count on. >> we have a situation with foes, as i said, that were not being listened to. secretary clinton said we tried our best and now w...

Last word. most americans do think were exceptional. weve operated traditionally, historically and exceptionally from a position of strength. i think the concern is were compromising our role and in that profile, particularly in the eyes of weaker nations who have always relied on us to be the big dog and to be someone they can count on. >> we have a situation with foes, as i said, that were not being listened to. secretary clinton said we tried our best and now we have need unity to begin to ac...

As kathleen said, thats a process, not an end. you can engage people, but if theyre stuck in their views, the way iranians are, the way hamas is, pakistanis, youre not going to get very far. you have to have a further view about what end state you want. i always thought the problem with the iran policy, we focus too much on the nuclear regime and the weapons, we dont focus on the nature of the regime. the nature is more fragile than the weapon systems. the day that woman nada was shot, thats whe...

Youre talking about tactics. david mentioned this but last year the 59 cruise missiles was a tactic. there was no end stage involved. this is just tactics again with bigger bang for the buck. theres still no strategy associated with this. david outlined three different courses of action on what we attempt to get out of this and yet no one has put their finger on it and said, hey, this is what were trying to do and the administration thus far has been very skichizophrenicschizophren. if russia do...

>> and obamacare didnt do that. >> its slowed the price increase. >> 105% less. >> but the second problem is republicans are being driven by a strategy of just passing something. they are not being driven by a strategy of passing something good. now what senators alexander and murry are talking about is fixing a real problem is which is we need to stabilize the market. i think something will get done because both they are being realistic. and second they have an end state in mind good for people...

Until the situation in ukraine is fully resolved and it certainly is not right now. >> but in a sign of confusion, sanders boss, anthony scaramucci was not as clear and he also appeared on sunday talk shows this morning. >> we have to ask president trump that. its my second or third day on the job. my guess is that he is going to make that decision shortly. he has not made the decision yet to sign that bill one way or the other. >> all of this going on as were waiting to hear from jared kushner....