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And were a long ways away from that being a position of power and authority in libya so that gives us time to identify who they are and whether we want to work with them. >> in your opinion how does al qaeda use situations like this to their advantage? >> if theres one thing al qaeda is, ed, they are opportunistic. when they see a situation of instability they will look at it and determine whether or not there is a way to exploit it. you know, to the west we have al qaeda and the islamic group w...

States congress when they clearly had time to do it. they could have asked congress to hold up before we left for a recess. they didnt do that. >> so do you think that president obama and the white house decided not to go to the congress because he might not have gotten support for this? >> i dont know. i mean, all i know is he didnt come to congress. i want you to know, ed, ill be bringing up, when congress returns, an amendment to the continuing resolution that will seek to strike any funding ...

About president obamas military commitment in libya. reasonable people can disagree on the merits but that doesnt mean that all the disagreement is reasonable. which of course brings us to the republican party. yes, many of them have rediscovered constitutional limits on presidential powers since president obama was elected. you about party that steam rolled america into two wars has suddenly discovered a barrage of reasons to oppose a democratic presidents military action. house speaker john bo...

Gingrich who called the air strikes opportunistic amateurism. and said that there are vastly bigger threats to the united states. well, heres what he said two weeks ago. >> what would you do about libya? >> exercise a no fly zone this evening. theyre confused about getting rid of gadhafi. this is a moment to get rid of him. do it. >> with me tonight laura flanders host of free speech tv and editor of the new book "at the tea party." good evening and good to have you with us. >> good evening. >> ...

The constitution grants congress the power to declare war but president obama did not go to congress before ordering air strikes in libya. instead, he went to the united nations. republican congressman ron paul calls the united states involvement, quote, an act of war. >> many presidents especially since 1945 have gone on their own and have not asked for proper authority from the congress and we have been fighting wars that are undeclared. its rather insulting to the american people that this au...

Party line. i think what were seeing here is a desperate need for an assessment of u.s. policy. its not just the hypocrisy within the parties but this kind of bigger bipartisan hypocrisy that sees us right now intervening in libya but not in bahrain but not in yemen where u.s. backed regimes are firing on their own people with u.s. weapons. what about the morality there? >> what about congressman kucinich? he and other democrats and some republicans are very concerned that the president didnt go...

Killed. and then here comes newt gingrich who called the air strikes opportunistic amateurism. and said that there are vastly bigger threats to the united states. well, heres what he said two weeks ago. >> what would you do about libya? >> exercise a no fly zone this evening. theyre confused about getting rid of gadhafi. this is a moment to get rid of him. do it. >> with me tonight laura flanders host of free speech tv and editor of the new book "at the tea party." good evening and good to have ...

Right wingers in this country are eating it up. far right wing blogger pamela geller writes president obama is essentially backing al qaeda in libya. of course its not true but it doesnt mean the white house doesnt have al qaeda on their minds. "time"s swampland writes obama and his aides know they are taking a big risk. it is a huge gamble says the senior administration official. the administration knows for example that al qaeda which has active cells in libya will try to exploit the power vac...

Coming up the right wing is joining moammar gadhafi in his fear mongering about al qaeda in libya. well tell you the truth next.

The economic interests here are so different. what do you think? >> i have to agree. with 85% of libyas oil going, that the saudis have covered but not with the same price. what if egypt next door or tunisia had turned on their people and it hadnt come out the way it had? would we have interceded there? what about yemen? what about bahrain? whats the message if we dont intercede? >> tom, what about that? >> well, if gadhafi uses violence and wins you are going to see that happen in country after...