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Of other places. and also, the forces, i they would help i would hope target gadhafis forces. as it is now, theyre in built-up areas. its hard to see them. and air cover, air power at this point is just not going to do it. and another thing is i dont have a lot of confidence in the european union. i was in bosnia when they were there. it was an utter failure and eventually the united states had to come in. this is a conflict thats going to be tempting us in the months to come. >> general marks, ...

People in misrata feel disappointed and let down by nato and there have been no air strikes by nato against gadhafis forces in four days. they say that gadhafis forces arent threatened by nato anymore. lets get right to these developments. we are joined by retired army major dr. james "spider" marks. bob baer joins us as well, hes the co-author of "the company we keep" and a former cia officer. nice to see you both, gentlemen. general marks, lets start with you. lets start with these new repor...

To come in. this is a conflict thats going to be tempting us in the months to come. >> general marks, the rebel forces, as i said a moment ago, has said theres been no bombing in four days and theres a report in the "washington post" that says, u.s. officials are quoting nato is running out of precision bombs and munitions. can nato actually really realistically beat back gadhafis forces? >> not with -- only through the application of air, it cant be done. nato had 42 flight missions announced o...

Eventually the united states had to come in. this is a conflict thats going to be tempting us in the months to come. >> general marks, the rebel forces, as i said a moment ago, has said theres been no bombing in four days and theres a report in the "washington post" that says, u.s. officials are quoting nato is running out of precision bombs and munitions. can nato actually really realist tickically beat back gadhafis forces? >> not with -- only through the application of errair, it cant done. n...

Have a lot of confidence in the its hard to see them. and air cover, air power at this point is just not going to do it. and another thing is i dont have a lot of confidence in the european union. i was in bosnia when they were there. it was an utter failure and eventually the united states had to come in. this is a conflict thats going to be tempting us in the months to come. >> general marks, the rebel forces, as i said a moment ago, has said theres been no bombing in four days, and theres a r...

Anymore. lets get right to these developments. we are joined by retired army major dr. james "spider" marks. bob baer joins us as well, hes the co-author of "the company we keep" and a former cia officer. nice to see you both, gentlemen. general marks, lets start with you. lets start with these new reports. in fact, european union wants to send ground troops to protect humanitarian efforts, but you said no matter what route this all takes you think ground troops will be inevitable. is that rig...

Libya is not using these weapons. he also reiterated what hes been saying for a very long time, that the libyan army apparently tries to do everything to prevent civilian casualties and it cant use these munitions simply because the world is watching, he said. that, of course, something that weve heard from the libyan government before in other cases that has been seen later on the untrue. >> an excellent point there. general marks, help somebody out there watching who is not familiar with a clu...

Time, that the libyan army apparently tries to do everything to prevent civilian casualties and it cant use these munitions simply because the world is watching, he said. that, of course, something that weve heard from the libyan government before in other cases that has been seen later on the untrue. >> an excellent pointhere. general marks, help somebody out there watching who is not familiar with a cluster bomb, doesnt understand what it can do. >> cluster bombs are designed primarily been us...

Short of being able to train this band of rebels, weapons is a choice and as mr. hadley indicated, its necessary for this -- for the rebels to achieve any greater success and not achieve some stalemate, which everybody has decided is unacceptable. we would all agree that a partitioned libya is not what were looking for. >> general marks, from a military standpoint, arming folks who, you know, have just been handed a weapon for the first time and giving them an rpg, is that -- is that practical? ...

>> general marks, what do you make of the fact that the opposition has already lost territory that they just retook and they were really only able to retake that because of the close air support from nato and coalition forces and the fact that libyan troops just basically ceded the ground. now theyve already today been beaten back. were going to talk to our correspondents on the ground there. but theyre back at ras lanuf, which they had moved through quickly just yesterday. >> clearly the use of...