he s good at it. the big lie has worked in politics for ages. what s the game? suppose more documentation comes out and he says i ll shut out now. some think that s his theory, that he has no real entree so he s chosen this. what s his exit strategy? does he quit? i think he ll go all the way with this. it will be a litmus test. is the republican party about lower taxes h i m with you. i think the republican party that you represent as chairman is not the george will party of the cerebral let s look at the issues and reduce the deficit. it s become a kcrazy tribalist -
gulf states providing the bulk of money to provide weapons with which these rebels are familiar, soviet and chinese style weapons like ak-40s and so on. the egyptians on the ground there in some numbers are trying to help them out. do we have a clear number, clear figure of what the u.s. is investing daily in this? no, there s none whatsoever. the thing about this, when you shoot a cruise missile, the fully depreciated cost is between a million and one and a half million dollars each for the depreciated cost. we ve shot several hundred already. it doesn t count all the people we re using and so forth. a good guess is a billion a week. i think it s a great deal of money for what is not necessarily a very clear goal. whether when we talk about the fact dwoent have that indication yet, what s the possible exit strategy? what s your take on this? since we re not in there, all we have to do is say we re not
raided munitions depots and gotten weapons. so at the end of the day, gadhafi always had more force. on the other hand, he has the whole world arrayed against him, he has the no-fly zone in place, blockages on his ports, he has sanctions. it s not a pretty picture for him either. but this is why right now the political and diplomatic track is the most important one. militarily, the only way to change this stalemate would be for nate toe to escalate dramatically, that is to go beyond just a no-fly zone and really into a kind of aggressive degrading of his military and the regime. that s not what the u.n. resolution allows for. i don t think that that s what the president obama wants to do. so the them have to try and work on the political route and see if there are pressures that can be brought to bear to make him understand that he has an exit strategy, but it means leaving libya, it means his family leaving libya, and it means in
solution? is there an exit strategy for moammar gadhafi? and joining us now from new york fareed zakaria, the host of fareed zakaria gps. from the rebels perspective if gadhafi gave up and handed over power to his son, would that make much of a difference? no, clearly the rebels are looking for the dismantling of the regime. from their point of view, for gadhafi to leave it to his sons or the intelligence chief, i don t think any of that would be acceptable. i think if the gadhafis were to leave, that would be acceptable. i don t think they re looking for, you know, death or an immediate trial in libya as the only outcome. i think if they were to leave and certainly were not to be in power, that would be a solution, but from what i understand what the rebels are saying, look, they want a different regime in libya. and they don t want any of the gadhafis involved even in the transitional period. it s not a pretty picture in
use of power. and i think the administration doesn t want to go there. i would support them in that and i think that ratcheting this up and do you want to own libya? can they keep this limited and can they resist the media commentary that says gadhafi has won and the events that are going to make it look back? in the long run, he s an international coalition, sanctioned, quarantined, and under attack. it s not a pretty place for them to be. they will see if they can squeeze them and if there is an exit strategy. but if the only way to get them out is to actually use more military power, i would be wary of that.