bodies in tripoli and qaddafi saying see the crusaders have joined together to attack the libyan and arab people. the next thing you are going to do if the only objective is of this operation odyssey is to protect civilians, you will have qaddafi coming out and saying i m not going to fire on my own people. i would never fire on my own people. he will try to do a head fake. absolutely do whatever he has to do to stay in power. qaddafi is one of these guys, it s a symptom of the middle east. they don t view peace as an end game. they view peace as a lull between the wars. shannon: k.t. mcfarland, we always appreciate your insights. thank you, shannon. shannon: glimmer of hope in such a tragic story in japan. 80-year-old woman and teenage boy were rescued from the wreckage of a house japan nine days after devastating earthquake and tsunami. both were weak but still conscious. the quake and tsunami has killed
and people who are trained lawyers. are they really the opposition? are they really a cohesive group that could take charge if qaddafi leaves? to me, that s the big question. what happens if qaddafi is toppled, assassinated, killed? who takes charge then? is the united states in for insurgency? are we in for some kind of transitional government? is that the united states role in any of this? i think there is a second question that i have got which is this is a new kind of war for us, shannon. we have not fought civil wars of intervention. this is an intervention not because of america s self-defense. not because of enemies come after them. it s for humanitarian grounds. that may be very good. but there are a lot of other countries you can imagine where the leaders kill their own people. do we get involved in those countries as well? shannon: k.t., that s been my question in this particular situation. we have seen a lot of unrest. why this particular conflict? why get involved here a
hitting the sunday shows assuring americans allied forces have made a significant impact on the situation in libya. the very latest on that . next. this is not about going after qaddafi himself or attacking him at this particular point in time. it s about achieving these narrow and relatively limited objectives so that he stops killing his people and so that ooh mahumanitarian support can e provided.
the rebels. qaddafi sent this letter to president obama and said al-qaeda is fighting terrorists. you would do the same thing if people were coming into american cities. what do we know about these rebels? is he making a legitimate claim that he s just trying to fight al-qaeda? well, qaddafi s government showed a high level of interest and respect for al-qaeda back in the early 1990s. there are a number of al-qaeda people in his country and al-qaeda itself is an organization and is very well represented by libyans. i think what s most important is probably the baiiv basic militay power of the resistance. perhaps they re not al-qaeda people but they re islamist fighters who fought in the balance can balancebalkans. this may be the fastest america has ever lost a war. this war is already lost for us. air power wins you nothing at any time, and before long,
own thing out there. shannon? shannon: jennifer griffin live from the pentagon with all kinds of exclusive information. thank you for keeping us updated. all right, now the bombs and missiles have been falling and continue to fall in libya. what is our military strategy going forward? let s check in with general jack keen. staff for the army. fox news military analyst. he joins us now on the phone. general, what do you make of our operations so far. i think they are going very well. and certainly admiral characterized it correctly earlier today. he is on top of it he knows what is happening. i think basically, you know, what we really have here is the goal to topple qaddafi. that clearly is the political objective that s certainly the objective. we are not bringing all this military force to include the arabs and europeans and ourselves to have qaddafi walk away from this and stay in power. no one is going to talk about it in that frame of reference but