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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? is that easy to use? >> the notion of the gang that couldnt shoot straight might be lived out. absolutely, there must be some degree of training associated with arming this force. however, some weapon systems clearly they can get a handle on and th...

In these revolutionary situations who youre dealing with initially. and so you take it step by step. you get to know some people, you do the vetting. and youre careful as to who you give the weapons to. but i think the bottom line is, no-fly zones do not get you regime change on the cheap. in the end of the day, and i think general mark also confirm this, somebody has to be on the ground doing the hard work of taking the territory. if its not going to be u.s. troops, were going to have to deal w...

Measures he can use to do that. >> general marks, this is not really an organized opposition force. only said to be about a thousand fighters who have some level of military training. as we know, the libyan military that was station in the the east, in benghazi, was not the cream of the crop. is arming these folks the right thing to do? >> well, anderson, i think it must be done and in essence, weve already done it through the coalition and the application of close air support to beat gadhafis f...

End up. >> it certainly is part of the problem. you know, you never really know in these revolutionary situations who youre dealing with initially. and so you take it step by step. you get to know some people, you do the vetting. and youre careful as to who you give the weapons to. but i think the bottom line is, no-fly zones do not get you regime change on the cheap. in the end of the day, and i think general marks will confirm this, somebody has to be on the ground doing the hard work of takin...

Correspondent on the ground. youre getting a look at an f-15 strike eagle. its a plane like the one that has gone down in egypt, apparently. as kiran said, the pilot is alive and has been rescued by rebels. were still trying to get more details on this right now. were joined by james "spider" marks, a former commanding general of the u.s. army intelligence center. general marks, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> this is exactly what some said would happen. you have to expect this kind o...

Antiseptic. youve got a human face in there. hopefully hes been rescued by rebel forces. thats based on hope. we dont do any military planning based on hope. theres great planning about what would happen if a pilot went down or somebody else suddenly was in -- >> what happens and is in gadhafis hands, what do we do? >> two things. if its right after capture and youve got the capability available, you might be able to extract and capture that guy. if he begins to move back into georgadhafi gadhaf...

Question, the military is absolutely ready. i would only acknowledge that theres probably 19 plans already that have been worked through, and there are different variations of those plans. so the short answer is sure, the u.s. military is prepared. additionally, the presidents not going to give the commander or give the chairman or the african-american commander or uconn commander -- im not sure who will have the lead in direct guidance. if he says establish a no-fly zone, the questions -- assum...

Now were here dying for it. now youre standing offer dithering. you are the military guy and you say, god, i just want to go in and help them. >> of course, you do. the thing i find most ironic, here we were looking at the rebellion taking place in egypt. mubarak was a staunch ally for over 30 years. he did our bidding. we pushed him in front of the bus. now we have this idiot running this country that has been -- he has no friends. who are his friends? i want to see this long list of buddies th...

Passenger who recorded the encounter. lets begin with the military targeting isis in afghanistan with a massive bomb. wa want to bring in a former senior adviser to the trump campaign. major general spider marks and colonel cedric leighton and a former department of home land security official. good evening to all you have. thank you for coming on. general marks, we start with you. as weve been reporting today, the united states military dropped americas most powerful nonnuclear bomb on isis tar...

Compare that to whats happened over the last eight years, youll see there say tremendous difference, tremendous difference. so we have incredible leaders in the military. and we have incredible military. and were very proud of them. this was another very, very successful mission. >> general marks, what zpe mean everybody knows what happened? it sounds to me like hes saying that military authorized that and he gave them permission before. but hes not saying whether he did it. >> well, thats what ...