boots on the ground, but they re going to send them, they say n in an advisory capacity. they re trying to build the rebels, build their organizational structure, the logistics, communication. the problem is the phase of this war is changing, many say, into a stalemate situation and the way that they can break it is by making the rebels more effective. zain, thanks very much for that. you can watch zain every morning at 5:00 a.m. eastern on world one here on cnn. it s still a very serious situation in libya and still a question about how are you going to get gadhafi out, is that the goal to get gadhafi out, and what s the end game and are we close to getting that there? lot of challenges. ahead on american morning, it s the april that won t let up. more violent storms sweeping across the south and midwest right now. some places could see their second round of tornadoes in a week. also touring the war zone. speaker of the house leading a delegation to afghanistan. he s com
look, this does not advance the cause of getting gadhafi out, this op-ed. at some point the coalition, nato, the united states and our allies, have to decide when do actions like this medieval siege, as they put it, that s happening in misratah rise to the level of humanitarian crisis that requires them to go back and re-evaluate the use of military force. they may decide to enlist the help of the arab league, which the op-ed references. they may decide to go back to the u.n. and u.n. resolution to amend it which the op-ed also mentions. but as it currently exists, the op-ed doesn t advance the cause of seeing gadhafi go and nothing they say in this op-ed indicates a willingness to use force to achieve that goal. so you worked with president bush. i covered president bush. and it was no secret he was frustrated with international organizations groups like nato, like the united nations, because he felt that they didn t move fast enough, that there was always consensus building. that t
international delegates met in qatar today. renewing calls for libya s moammar gadhafi to go away, to step down. but the amir of qatar is sending his own message from here in washington. he met today with the president of the united states and later he sat down with me for an exclusive interview. thank you very much for joining us. welcome to the united states. pleasure to be with you. reporter: always good to be with you. qatar is playing a leading role in trying to get rid of moammar gadhafi. how important is that to qatar that gadhafi go? actually, we are not taking gadhafi out. in our our aim, how how libyan decide their future through democracy. they are trying to do. you recognized the opposition
itself. that area known as a company town. how many people rely on government workers, how much of the city runs because of it. eleanor norton is the delegate that represents washington, d.c. she said she is mad as hell over the prospect of the government shutting down and doesn t like the fact that d.c. s budget is beholden to what happens in congress. and the battle for libya, mo gains for pro-gadhafi forces and the u.s. general that led the campaign, suggests putting american boots on the ground to get gadhafi out. american soldiers in libya. is that going to happen? 16 minutes after the hour. [ male announcer ] surprisingly priced at $15,995, the 2011 jetta has arrived. discover german engineering and premium style on the jetta s with best-in-class rear legroom, as well as no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance, all standard. that s great for the price of good. hurry in, and for a limited time while they last
gadhafi must go, can he back away from that now? reporter: well, you actually, as i mentioned, you have a history of u.s. presidents calling for regime change and then not actually using all elements of u.s. power to effect it. one example would be president clinton under saddam hussein in iraq. that regime change was officially u.s. policy for most of the 90s. the point about arming the rebels, many people are making the case, this would be the quickest way to get gadhafi out. and i would like to point out that we should be clear that getting gadhafi out is not the same thing as ending men or coalition involvement. if we learned anything from iraq and afghanistan, it is that the complicated phase of an operation is actually in the post military phase and that once you re involved to the extent that we already are, you do bear some responsibility for what comes next. that s where it tends to get complicated and costly. an excellent point at the end. complicated and costly. take ca