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Change is absolutely necessary. the president is sneaking up on all this, but it would be much better to have a policy in advance. theres no question the events in egypt, the events in libya now caught the president by surprise, to say that he has a policy, even like an obama doctrine is really just afforden on obama. heres the doctrine, if france wants us to do it, if the u.n. wants us to do it, if the arab league wants us to do it, then well do it. thats the obama doctrine. coming up, presid...

Civilians getting killed. but its up to them to dictate that they want change. we cannot -- what were doing in libya is in fact making sure that we preserve a civilian population thats protected and to prevent a viable alternative to gadhafi. >> there are many in london after the economic meltdown who will in their view say we squandered billions in iraq and afghanistan and possibly more billions here, at what point does america stop meddling in international affairs and look after its own backy...

Gadhafi was terrible in the past, gadhafi stopped supporting terrorism, now hes doing terrible things. his father was a person who slaughtered people. it is more in our national interest to seek a regime change in syria than this is in libya, in americas interest and israels interest. the supreme regime change would be of the extreme commanders in iran. thats really where our national interest is located and the president is not in favor of regime change the iran, but hes in favor of regime chan...

You shaking your head furiously at what donald trump was saying. >> i was shaking my head at you as well. back to back questions, at once it was how come were not getting support from the rest of the country. part of being a coalition like nato, a country like the united states you have to put together coalitions so youre not doing all the heavy lifting. its sheer folly to believe that the international oil supply is not a fungible thing. if you think it doesnt impact u.s. economy, it does, but ...

>> but ambassador, let me interrupt you there, in egypt for example, the president was very keen to say we do not get involve in internal revolutions like this. its down to the people of egypt and what they want. here in libya, he decided to go a different way and engage in military action to help what is effectively a similar kind of revolution, its people who want to get rid of a dictatorial leader. there seems to be a little bit of hypocrisy here in the way that the american leadership is dea...

Can have a democratic country, they have can their own future. the tradition of the americans to stand by the libyans is a great thing to happen in our history. the americans, they proved to the world they will not only intervene if there is american interests only, but they will intervene when the american interests and security is facing a challenge and they intervene also when human life is in danger. this is a historical decision and i think that the -- show the american support that has bee...

Major, major blow to gadhafi. you have saudi arabia. go in and get them. and why arent they paying for this? >> thats a very good point. governor richardson, let me ask you. is it sensible that america gets involve in what is clearly a civil war in libya? >> well, i felt that the president was very presidential tonight, he explained the purpose to avert a humanitarian disaster, to protect civilian lives? he even added another humanitarian initiative and that is a refugee crisis going to tunisia ...

Libya, were not going to be for regime change, but you cant protect the people of libya without regime change. why are we there in the first place, because gadhafi was slaughtering his people. how can you leave him there? >> lets state the presidents position, you got a big mess in iraq, youve got a big mess in afghanistan. you have already vowed, im going to get us out of this messes. then you have this huge uprising in the middle east and egypt goes relatively well, mubarak stands down after 1...

>> that was the president talking about the cost of intervention in libya. here with us is rudy giuliani. has this country been at war in the last ten days? >> sure we have been at war. we have been bombing targets, what 1,000 targets? we have killed military assets in direction, we have attacked the country. the fact that another country doesnt want us there. yes, were in a war, yes were in the middle of a civil war, the presidents speech tonight has made things even murkier than they were befo...

Change in libya? isnt the danger to the people of libya gadhafi? >> thats a kwee question, it seems to me, is what is the end game? this guy has ruthlessly held power for 42 years. right now, were in a position where if gadhafi hangs on, where does that leave everybody? >> it leaves america, it leaves the middle east and the world in a very terrible situation. it leaves the people in libya even more in danger than they were before. thats why i say the presidents speech is illogical. if you were ...