in great detail extensively prior to my departure was put into place. jim, i ve forgotten if there were any other elements of that question. arab support, sir. well, look the arab league specifically called for a no-fly zone before we went to the united nations, that was i think an important element in this overall campaign. will they be part of the mission? absolutely. we are in consultations as we speak. as i said there are different phases to the campaign. the initial campaign we took a larger role because we ve got unique capabilities. our abilities to take out, for example, qaddhafi s air defense systems are much more significant than some of our other partners. what that does then it creates the space, shapes the environment in which a snow fly zone can actually be effective. it was important to make sure that we got in there quickly so
and mr. obama and his team want arab involvement in libya effort. the president called key arab partner king abdullah. there have been a few lighter moments. they spoke to the nation of brazil and touched on libya and the middle east. across the region we have seen young people rise up. a new generation demanding the rights to determine their own fou tour. reports moammar qaddafi declared a cease fire saying either it wasn t true or violated. let me ask steve haragan about that.
against the limited objective of this campaign which does not demand his removal. if moammar qaddafi is killing his own people is it permissible to let him stay in power? and if i may add, do you have any regrets, sir, about undertaking this mission while you re on foreign soil? and do you have the support of the arab people in this yet? okay. first of all i think i m going to embarrass jim by letting everyone know that jim s mother is chilean, and so this is a little bit of a homecoming. you were born in chile. yes, sir, i certainly like to be here. fantastic. i thought everybody should know that. i think for all the chilean press you don t need to take jim s example by asking three questions pretending its one. one subject.
before we go live we have more. there are missiles and warplanes are not targeting moammar qaddafi and will not in the future. at this point we are not on a targeting list. they did not rule out the british missiles did not strike on the compound in the capitol. they are anxious to get a face on the capitol. they plan to hand over command and control in days not weeks. some are coming to the fight with caveats. they were not prepared to go quite so far suggesting with a country the size of alaska it would take more time. coalition forces fired more than 124 tomahawks the u.s. nave
support of the robust open markets that have developed here in chile, and the work that president penede and his predecessor have done in order to transform the economic situation here, those are all things that the united states strongly supports. again it s important for us to learn from our history, to understand our history, but not be trapped by it because we ve got a lot of challenges now, and even more importantly we have challenges in the future that we have to attend to. [speaking? spanish. thank you mr. president. sir, how do you square your position that moammar qaddafi has lost legitimacy and must go