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Libya and the coalition that e we organized. but when it came time to making sure that moammar gadhafi did not stay in power, that he was captured, governor, your suggestion was that this was mission muddle. imagine if we had pulled out at that point? moammar gadhafi had more american blood on his hands than any other individual other than osama bin laden. so we were going to make sure we finished the job. thats why the libyans stand with us. but we did so in a careful, thoughtful way, making ce...

At the hotel in las vegas to avoid answering reporters questions about libya saying, ive got a lot of positions on a lot of topics but walking down the hall isnt the best place to describe those. in april he accused the obama administration of mission creep and mission muddle. once it was successful, he said he was pleased with how its gone. laid out step by step by abc, the response from the romney cam pain, remember the guy who said the etch a sketch thing? this is what he said about mr. romne...

Thats not the case. simply wrong. >> actually, simply, totally correct. you have to idea what your own policy is, do you? when it comes to libya, whatever you think was the right thing to do, trying to figure out what mitt romney has done, has baffled anybody that has tried. abc news did some great reporting in october of last year because last march he said he supported military action and in april he fled down a hallway to avoid answering reporters questions about libya saying ive got a lot of...

Because when the libyan people see gadhafi on television, it scares them. this guy is, you know, by the courthouse in benghazi, there are pictures of the 1,200 people that he had massacred in one day in a prison. and so, we need to be more helpful, but troops on the ground is out of the question. >> you have been a forceful advocate of the things that youve been talking about with regard to the mission. there is not a unanimous view, however, in the republican party, and we are in a political se...

Courthouse in benghazi, there are pictures of the 1,200 people that he had massacred in one day in a prison. and so, we need to be more helpful, but troops on the ground is out of the question. >> you have been a forceful advocate of the things that youve been talking about with regard to the mission. there is not a unanimous view, however, in the republican party, and we are in a political season already. and mitt romney, with whom you disagreed about with war policy in the past, came out this ...

We need to help them with humanitarian assistance. we need to -- in my view, it would be very helpful if we took out gadhafis television, because when the libyan people see gadhafi on television, it scares them. this guy is, you know, by the courthouse in benghazi, there are pictures of the 1,200 people that he had massacred in one day in a prison. and so, we need to be more helpful, but troops on the ground is out of the question. >> you have been a forceful advocate of the things that youve be...

Those are the pro qaddafi forces when theyre hearing our nato jets flying over top, theyre running, theyre basically not congregating in areas where they know theyre going to get attacked and now this shift is that these pro qaddafi forces are sort of huddled and hiding near civilians and these predator drones better be able to see them, spot them and fire upon them. and the less the administration talks about this, the better for the presidents base because the base does not want to be involved...

Because he knows that the american public appetite for a third military engagement is very low. that wasnt necessarily for international relations. >> right. so youve got this mission muddle. thats why capitol hill was all atwitter. it was like whats our mission from the president? and thats why he wrote the letter yesterday and thats why he said whatever he said. >> in chile. >> in chile yesterday. so then youve got john mccain saying get qaddafi. what does ambassador john bolten from the unite...