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Coming together. well, and arab support has all along the white house said been crucial to the functioning of this thing. this cannot look like the united states attacking another arab country. officials say the proof of the pudding, if you will, the proof of the value of the presidents broad coalition was the treatment the two american fighters received when their f-15 when their f 15 went down in libya, protected by the towns people and the opposition leaders instead of being attacked or turne...

Benghazi itself. we faced the prospect of an imminent humanitarian disaster. hundreds of thousands of civilians were in danger. so, an international coalition was compelled to act. french planes were the first to reach the skies over benghazi. cruise missiles from the united states and the united kingdom followed, striking the regimes air defenses and clearing the way for allied aircraft to implement the no-fly zone. many other nations have now joined this effort. after only five days, we have m...

Terms of coalition warships, off the coast of libya, and the u.s. plan and the pentagon plan is to essentially hand over in the next couple of days, command and control to a coalition leader and in these initial days and hours, the u.s. has -- military simply has unique capabilities and, those capabilities are called upon to destroy the air defense systems of qaddafi. >> rick: you mentioned some of the assets that are involved in this. if you could put it into context, are we talking about a lot...

>> rick: some calling the worlds intervention in the crisis in libya a defining moment in the president presidency of president obama, the presidentation the military action was not miss first choice and nethe people of looeibya mu corrected. joining us is mary anne marsh and syndicated columnist, cal thomas, nice to see you. it is a president who less than a week ago, according to news reports i have been reading was against any kind of military action in libya. what happened, do you think? >> ...

Libya would likely have to take a more aggressive position: >> translator: our efforts, oppose any aggression by colonel qaddafi, against the population of benghazi. as of now, our aircraft are preventing planes nom attacking the town, as it is known, other french aircraft are ready to intervene against tanks, armored vehicles threatening unarmed civilians. >> reporter: shortly after that a french defense official said one of the jets fired on a libyan military vehicle and there were other repor...

The libyan coast. and, there you have it, a picture tells the story, the u.s. is involved. rick? >> rick: lots of violence across the middle east putting the oil markets in turmoil, oil prices spiking after the u.n. security council approved the use of force against libya, so is now the right time to put your money in oil? and, ed petoskey joins us, good to see u before we talk about oil, in light of the military campaign that began today, i always wonder, when this hits over the weekend, what w...

Unfortunately, a great opportunity for people in this country to buy utilities stocks, the utility stocks in this country went down, based on a lot of what took place over there and i think is a great buying opportunity and i think people, monday morning, should go out and buy utility stocks, they can get 4.5, 5% income off the dividends and plus a potential for growth and i think is a great opportunity, along with buying oil etfs, i would buy utility stocks here in this country. >> rick: there ...

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Said, this: >> when our citizens are abused or attacked, anywhere in the word, on the direct orders of a hostile regime, we will respond so long as im in this oval office. self-defense is not only our right, it is our duty. >> reporter: but those 1986 airstrikes did not put an end to libyan terror, because two years later, in december, 1988, a libyan intelligence agent planted a bomb that destroyed pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland and in 1989, the u.s. had to shoot down two more jets o...

Among nations was pivotal and caught my ear because it seems to change the landscape. do you think theyll become more involved or have they done what they need to do. >> i think for the arab league to take a stand like this, is truly new. the arab league, traditionally, has actually been very averse to any kind of military intervention, particularly a member state like libya and this is a very important statement but the entire arab world and of course, moussa, who is running for president in eg...