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With it. >> hes saying the hell with it, let them sort it out. weve spent a lot of lives and friends who then become enemies, enemies that become friends. we dont need that. >> radical islam is on the rise, and russia has some limited interest in it because of their southern border. but we have got to be involved in this. our strategy is completely inferior to being able to achieve the desired end. you know we have problems. the american people know we have problems and were taking half hearted ...

Level, these guys could do it. you give them the right equipment. and now with american aircraft 60 to 100 miles away they can respond almost instantly. we can keep counts up there a lot. we dont have to worry about a lot of refueling tankers. you could do this but i still think theres too much of a lack of ground power. >> very quickly, last point i want to make here and get your take on this. this is a very complicated fight right now. there are so many different factions. calling in airstrike...

If you look at what is going on in ramadi. population centers like ramadi are very difficult for air power to really tackle the isis challenge. you need support of the ground forces there. that has been very difficult and very complex situation there in anbar. sunni province. and government forces, shiia. air power alone cannot really, is not enough in the fight against isis as we hatch seen in anbar. >> yes, something you have been telling us. we see the effects of the lack of air strikes and t...

Asked. cnn correspondent ian lee now joins me from cairo with the latest on this. ian, it just seems unreal that weve had all of this conflict in syria and iraq that is so xlexz and now we have yemen. and we have iran and saudi arabia involved and now egypt. >> reporter: well, natalie, this is unprecedented for egypt as well, to see this commitment for action in another country in this region. saudi arabia, though, asking for egypt for assistance in this. and egypt has come out full force, offer...

Enduring ground power. and you sit in a deposition and you see what the lawyers arguing over what the words mean and that is what they did as the brass quibbled over what is a ground operation. >> and that is with the possibility of mission creep. >> americans are concerned about isis and weve seen the brutality and the depths they will go and there is a view that we dont want to sign on to a long-term ground war like in iraq. and so far what republicans are saying is, it is fine the president r...

Power to get at the chemical weapons. the bombing would spread and probably result in more casualties. if we try to use ground power, well, no one wants to own the syrian conflict by putting u.s. ground forces in there. it is a very difficult situation. there are some things we can do. at this point the obama administration has not shown the mote vags motivation to do those things. >> i read accounts of president obama making that remark with people in the white house saying it was off the cuff,...

Sitting if at the gate. so the ac from the ground power is not adds strong as you would get from an engine aircraft. >> another passenger tells me the flight crew was accommodating and did what they could. they apologized gave us water and kept us as comfortable as possible. they gave us food, a drink of our choice. >> they are good prices and everything but i dont know if its worth it. >> the parents of a 12-year-old boy who was hit in the head by a line drive are now suing little league baseba...

Its pretty clear a week into this action that the no-fly zone itself cannot protect the civilians of libya. that gadhafi has sufficient ground power through his military to inflict a lot of damage on civilians to besiege those towns. nato has to be as aggressive in the tactical flight operations as the united states military has been, and thats an open question because, of course, nato is a coalition of 28 countries. if countries object to one measure or another, it could slow down operations. >...

Diplomacy. >> the no-nye zone should not be the focus? >> look. it wasnt the libyan air force that was casting problems. the preponderance of ground power that gadhafi could bring to ber. so stopping them flying doesnt stop anything. i found it striking that your reporter said that the reaction of the opposition to this was, theyre putting their helmets back on and going back on the offensive. what kind of dilemma, policiwise does that present us with. if now its the opposition on the move, taki...

Anybody expected. and it came with some very adept diplomacy. >> the no-nye zone should not be the focus? >> look. it wasnt the libyan air force that was casting problems. the preponderance of ground power that gadhafi could bring to ber. so stopping them flying doesnt stop anything. i found it striking that your reporter said that the reaction of the opposition to this was, theyre putting their helmets back on and going back on the offensive. what kind of dilemma, policiwise does that present u...