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Republican critics of the administration and they are handling the libyan policy. democrats for the most part were supportive. nancy pelosi and somebody who did not endorse this off the bat said it was good because president obama spoke about what a humanitarian mission it was and it would save lives. that was a constant thing i heard. there was a moral imperative of being involved in libya. also it was interesting from the democratic perspective, almost every member who released a statement and...

We act consistent with our interest and our values. we become stronger and we attract partners. when we act inconsistent with our values, our credibility is undermined. >> how do you reconcile, i think, a fairly admirable philosophy that you just articulated with the inherent hypocrisy, for instance, of our policies in the middle east where were pro bebl rebel in a country like libya but were pro dictator in countries like saudi arabia. >> i dont think theyre inconsistent at all. what were pushi...

Nancy pelosi and somebody who did not endorse this off the bat said it was good because president obama spoke about what a humanitarian mission it was and it would save lives. that was a constant thing i heard. there was a moral imperative of being involved in libya. also it was interesting from the democratic perspective, almost every member who released a statement and whoa i spoke to said we want congress to continue to be involved. nancy pelosi said u.s. action will be strengthened by consul...

Why did we get involved in the internal struggles of a nation some 4,000 miles away. on "fox news sunday" the republican senator john mccain said it was a humanitarian imperative. >> qaddafi forces were on the outskirts of benghazi. he said himself he would go house to house and kill and murder people. >> shepard: who knows whether it all would have ended with benghazi. >> i mean, if we were sitting here and benghazi had been taken and tens of thousands of people had been slaughtered and hundred...

The fast movers could strike them precisely. but that is my assumption. i am not pricy to more would i have the classified data. >> geraldo: i think most of those armored vehicles were taken out by french. they could eyeball them. they are arrogant enough to try to dig in outside ajdabiya. when saddam hussein try that in gulf war one it didnt work out too well for him. general, what would you like us to do now militarily? >> the issue really becomes the gap that exists between the stated purpose...

The fast movers could strike them precisely. but that is my assumption. i am not pricy to more would i have the classified data. >> geraldo: i think most of those armored vehicles were taken out by french. they could eyeball them. they are arrogant enough to try to dig in outside ajdabiya. when saddam hussein try that in gulf war one it didnt work out too well for him. general, what would you like us to do now militarily? >> the issue really becomes the gap that exists between the stated purpose...

Which only trumpets arab unity, says hes a bad guy, hurting our people and you hear people in libya asking for help at this moment. that is a dinks and is imperative for the u.s. to respond for the reasons you laid out. >> chris: what does the president say tomorrow night. >> the big problem is the question is, what if qaddafi stays? the president said he has to go but he has not outlined the steps the u.s. is willing to take to oust him. you have to be clear about. >> >> that is not precisely t...

Worst hour was that when we had our hostage held in lebanon, he caved. he gave arms to iran. i mean, he wasnt even successful in springing the hostage. even reagan was when you are faced with a hostage and we are a civilized society, we care about every individual, we will strike the enemy who seizes a hostage. but you cant because you dont want to endanger the lives of the hostage. and thats why its a dilemma that every president has faced and no one has ever had a good answer to. >> bill: thom...

Ally in the fight against al qaeda, and we dont want to give that up. push him out, what do you get? similarly, in bahrain, the family suppressing the sunni royal family suppressing the shiite majority quite brutally are nice enough to host the u.s. navys 5th fleet which allows us to patrol shipping lanes of the persian gulf and counter iranian influence. so, you know, we cant do it there. so theres a political component as well, and i guess you factor that into the question of what is possible,...

Worst hour was that when we had our hostage held in lebanon, he caved. he gave arms to iran. i mean, he wasnt even successful in springing the hostage. even reagan was when you are faced with a hostage and we are a civilized society, we care about every individual, we will strike the enemy who seizes a hostage. but you cant because you dont want to endanger the lives of the hostage. and thats why its a dilemma that every president has faced and no one has ever had a good answer to. >> bill: thom...