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What should we do with gadhafi if anything? >> well, you know, we may not be able to solve that problem. that may be for the people in libya to resolve just like the people in egypt were able to resolve it without our military intervention. the people of other countries have done so. i think weve got to be very careful about u.s. military intervention, humanitarian wars, whatever you want to call it. we cant afford it and its also very dangerous. people have the ability to strive to create democ...

You support military action against libya? text a for yes. text b for no. to 622639. or go to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com. well get results coming up. the longer the u.s. participates in air strikes in libya the more the united states will spend on the attacks. some estimates already put a billion dollar price tag on this mission. ill share my thoughts with you when we come back on the cost and where do we go in here? what does it take to fly? it takes knowing we have our work cut out for us. b...

This really didnt need a special allocation of funds. >> well, continuing resolution you could put an amendment in that would be a restrictive amendment that would essentially stop the president from being able to spend any funds for the operations against libya. >> so moving forward, president obama has done this. what are the -- what is the political downfall with his base on this? your take on that? >> you know, i have to tell you, i mean, im so focused on the constitutional aspect i really h...

Support al qaeda. 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 exp...

Square our military actions and our stated policies. our military action is in support of an international mandate from the security council. it specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat proposed by colonel gadhafi to his people. not only was he carrying out murders of civilians but he threatened more as part of that international coalition i authorized the united states military to work with our international partners, to fulfill that mandate. now, i also have stated that it is u.s. polic...

President obama hadnt done this? with the support as you mentioned of the united nations and most of the world. not only would we have a blood bath but also a message sent to dictators all around the world that gadhafis approach for dealing with these political protests through violence and brutality works. finally we would still be embroiled in libya. gadhafi would still be threatening terrorism. we would still have the sanctions but we would be embroiled in a disaster instead of something that...

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...

Terror attack in berlin that killed a number of civilians. gadhafi waited two and a half years and then destroyed pan am 103 in retaliation. i think the terrorism fears such as it is right now is that if gadhafi can consolidate authority, can regain control over his country, he may pick a time and place of his choosing to respond to what the international community and the west has done. if thats the long-term threat, thats what the administration needs to worry about. >> that is what president ...

Advantage of that, frankly, i wouldnt worry about it. besides, if al qaeda does establish bases there we will pound the living you know what out of them as soon as we identify them so i do not believe this is a long-term threat. >> roger, what does pan am 103, how does that play into this? a former justice minister under gadhafi said he had evidence gadhafi himself ordered the bombing of this 747 over lockerbie, scotland. >> there is no doubt in my mind that gadhafi had a direct role in it. he s...

And if you think congress wont put up a fight, listen to the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, republican richard luger, out of indiana. >> its a strange time in which almost all of our congressional days are spent talking about budget deficits, outrageous problems, and yet at the same time all of this passes which is a very expensive operation even in a limited way. >> which is a very expensive operation. now we have been in afghanistan for ten years. weve been in iraq, ...