topple him who is going to help run the new government. there is no government in waiting in libya. megyn: how can it not be regime change given the statements out of the white house about how qaddafi must go. what happens if qaddafi does a saddam? what happens if then he restreets and he starts having an underground movement and he comes back with an insurgency. these are all questions that may have answers. we don t know what they are. the great danger we have whether it was in vietnam, afghanistan, iraq it s something called mission creep. you go into a mission, you think it s going to go very well and it never does and then the mission creeps. maybe the mission is to defeat al-qaida and afghanistan, you defeat them and have regime change and you say gee there are no roads, let s bring them roads. they don t have a government, let s build them a government. and the reason mission creeps up like this the resources you ve devoted are here. you re setting yourself up for a
wendell goler with more. there were talks in brussels earlier today aimed at deciding what role each country would play. britain seemed ready to take the lead, saying that britain will deploy air-to-air refueling craft and surveillance planes in the coming hours. throughout the crisis, president obama has been reluctant to get the u.s. too far out front, that is to say, to make sure that the u.s. wasn t part of the issue. and also, advisors were deeply divided. no one has taken qaddafi at his word that he will abide by the cease-fire. hillary clinton said, we want to see a clear set of decisions that qaddafi s forces are moving away from the east, where they ve been pursuing
qaddafi regime accountable. yesterday in response to a call for action by the libyan people and the arab league the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution that demands an end to the violence against citizens. it authorizes the use of force with an explicit commitment to pursue all necessary measures to stop the killing, to include the enforcement of a no-fly zone over libya. it also strengthens our sanctions and the enforcement of an arms embargo against the qaddafi regime. now once more moammar gadhafi has a choice. the resolution that passed lace oulaysout very clear conditionst must be met. the united states, the united kingdom, france and arab states agree that a ceasefire must be
40 years. rick: any acceptable end to this where qaddafi remains in power? i don t think so. president obama called him to leave. qaddafi has too go. then president obama didn t take a whole lot of action until the u.n. vote last night. he has to follow through on his commitment the see qaddafi out the door. rick: thanks very much for your time this morning. gore doins the former national security spokesman under president bush. martha: where does the president s job approval rating stands. we have new poll numbers. rick: when duty calls the u.s. military is there. just moments from now, how our troops are helping the
cease-fire and, the stoppage of military operations. reporter: of course the key to this is not the pronouncement of the cease-fire but whether qaddafi s forces actually obeyed as you guys have said, a few moments ago, a report on the wires, that 25 people are dead in one libyan city and appears not to be taking hold and whether that changes, we don t know. rick? rick: back to the vote at the u.n. with the security council. interesting, not just because of the nations who voted for the no-fly zone, and what other measures are necessary, but, also for those countries, on the security council that abstained, right? reporter: so true, those countries which abstained, germany, india, china and russia, and russia, perhaps the most interesting of them all, but russian u.n. ambassador saying, quote the passion of some security council members for military force prevailed. they are apparently worrieded about a widening war, in the region and worried about a