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Hes precise, blunt in outlining what the u.s. strategy is as opposed to support for the united nations security council resolution. >> this is the problem, isnt it, wolf? this is where it gets confusing for the american public. here they have their president saying its a humanitarian mission with the u.n. yet separately, the american policy in relation to gadhafi is to get rid of him. they see images of gadhafis personal compound being bombed. it doesnt take a genius to work out that there is cl...

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...

Themselves with al qaeda. so unless the situation truly implodes and al qaeda can take 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 lockerbi...

We begin this morning with targeting libya. american and european militaries spent the weekend launching intense strikes on libya. in a mission aimed at halting moammar gadhafis brutal attacks on anti-government rebels. although the american officials say u.s. is not trying to kill gadhafi, operation odyssey dawn appears to have hit close to home for the libyan leader. nbc news learned that english forces conductsed a strike on his compound. its not known where gadhafi was at the time. but aorde...

Sure the 31 some odd surface-to-air missile batteries. youve got 18 some odd radar sites. theres another 500 anti-aircraft guns around the country. so im sure theyll try and open it up to the french and brits to be the primary wings overhead. >> let me show you the map that shows our war ships in the mediterranean where theyre positioned at this point. we have five of them in the mediterranean sea. if were launching missiles at libya what might be the targets? >> well, again, you sort of outline...

Too little too late and were doing it cynically to make ourselves feel good. >> i think he may have a point, joe. look, the u.n. has authorized a war on libya but the congress in the united states has not authorized barack obama to take this country to war on libya. and i would hope that before barack obama takes part in one of these air strikes, which get us into that war, that the congress of the united states both houses, discuss it something like a gulf of sidra resolution, whether or not to...

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And i dont think they will go quietly into this good night. >> it seems as long as theyre willing to use helicopter gunships against their own people, that this could drag on for a while unless someone in that inner circle decides to make a change and kill gadhafi or somehow get him out. >> yeah, you just really cant predict. i think these kind of regimes, when they break, they tend to break from the top, from the inner, inner core. and certainly thats always a possibility. it would be the speed...

And secondly, we could drop supplies an humanitarian aid. all of those would be without taking the position that were overthrowing the areregime whic would be extremely difficult to get support for. >> yet there are even milder things. senator kerry put out a statement advocating some of these which i was surprised obama didnt mention. an arms embargo, cutting off the purchase of oil. maybe the easiest one, where you say to the people around gadhafi international account ability. you are going t...

Have deeply benefited from it, and they will fight to preserve it and probably some fight to the death. others obviously have not benefited or dont want to be part of it and have joined the other side but there is a hard core that has been the beneficiary of his rule. and i dont think they will go quietly into this good night. >> it seems as long as theyre willing to use helicopter gunships against their own people, that this could drag on for a while unless someone in that inner circle decides ...