the very pinpoint targets that are mobile. it allows you to be precise. you go after those things in populated areas as necessary. generally there people on the ground in urban areas. the capabilities of the ac 130 is to target a sniper on the roof. does this imply that we are going to be going into a phase of urban conflict and the u.s. is preparing nar? i m not certain. all i heard is there is no u.s. ground forces inserted. that doesn t mean there won t be other from another nation. it s important to realize the nature of what gadhafi is doing
i think for obama it s not about settling old scores. let me thank you for your great reporting and soernlguous reporting. i think when you are dealing with that part of the world or any time there is an armed conflict and two sides, on this side you find lots of problems i think people with sketchy pasts whose interests and opposite are detrimental to the united states. i think from talking to people at the white house, the president came to the conclusion that the uncertainty that exists now easier to live with and that would have existed if gadhafi went into benghazi and sorted people and remained in the stronger position throughout the country. these are very hard things to know as maybe donald rumsfeld has knowns and unknowns. they have to be sorted out in the days and weeks ahead. talk of knowing the end game here is almost premature. the president went into this realizing that the end game is
supposed to be defending civilians. it does not call for specifically supporting the rebels and since gadhafi s forces seem to have support in surt and pose no threat to civilian, technically under the resolution, what can the u.s. and nato do in terms of supporting the rebels in surt? you are hitting on a thorny issue. there many people in surt who do not want to be liberated they are happy with gadhafi. gadhafi is from their tribe. how do you pick a side in a civil war? that is the sirte example which is probably one of the most ict ndhes are going to encounter again in tripoli when they meet real supporters.
sending it up to capitol hill. a lot of them will be asked point blank to the officials that are going to be sent here for the nsa and hillary clinton. how long are we going to be in libya and how much it will cost? what is success? will he be there months or years? what is the commitment? the one thing to expect, you hand this off to nato, but that s us. we are the strongest part of nato and we are nato. another key point. luke russert, thank you so much. the president also said we stopped gadhafi s deadly advance. where are we with action on the ground in libya? well, chris, you can can probably hear behind me the call to prayer. it s just after 5:00 in the morning. that s going on in benghazi. how much changed in a few weeks. the call to prayer is now the
i m not sure who these people are and i n t think we can assume they will necessarily be friendly to a democratic and humanitarian mission in the future. but you are not making the case that that s not whose side weer. we are clearly on that side and they are better than gadhafi at this point. there was a long history and we backed saddam hussein against the iranians and the 10-year war a few decades ago. that doesn t look good. we will be careful before we start characterizing our short-term allies with long-term virtues we will be watching closely as they talk more about this this week. thank you so much for being with us. the president will have to press against the agenda among many members of congress as well as armed forces. the military is one i wanted to address.