their campaign against the opposition. the international community should be involved in talks and the end result has to be that qaddafi steps down. megyn? megyn: wendell goler, live at the white house. we re less than 5 minutes away from the president with breaking news right after the break.
positioned on libya s borders and those displaced by the violence received our help. ample warning was given that qaddafi needed to stop his campaign of repressioner be held accountable. the arab league and the european union joined us in calling for an end for violence. once again qaddafi chose to ignore the will of his people and the international community. instead of launched a military campaign against his own people. and there should be no doubt about his intentions, because he, himself, has made them clear. for decades he s demonstrated a willingness to use brute force through his sponsorship of terrorism against the american people as well as others and through the killings that he has carried out within his own borders. and just yesterday speaking of the city of benghazi a city of roughly 700,000 people, he threatened, and i quote, we will
states-initiated war. megyn: if the airstrikes don t work, do we put boots on the ground? i hope not. if i had a crystal ball, would i answer that question. let s hope we don t need a no-fly zone. let s hope that the cease-fire sticks and qaddafi s reaction to the sanctions would be able to maintain. megyn: do you trust him? who? megyn: qaddafi? no. i m saying i hope that s. case. i would not put my marbles on qaddafi. i m hoping that the declaration from the united nations is enough to have the cease-fire declared this morning stick, so maybe he s realizing that he is out of sync with the world. megyn: the suggestion is that there s a hypocrisy against some on the left. i m shocked to hear the right wing say that. there is hypocrisy on the right. megyn: we have this president,
his idea. the point of going beyond the protection of the civilians that are at risk here, what happens if moammar gadhafi goes, what happens if he continues to hold the western part of the country in treupz and the rebels are on the eastern part of the country and gadhafi doesn t advance on the rebels, do you have a split libya. megyn: is it a reasonable question to ask that although publicly stated the goal is to protect civilians and not regime change that privately they are thinking regime change. reporter: i m sure they want to get rid of him. the problem is what s next. unlike tunisia, unlike other countries there is nothing but team moammar gadhafi. he has a police force loyal to him. there is no independent middle class to govern. there is no community of well educated lawyers that can step
regulatory commission. dr. neil diaz spent a decade championing reforms and safety. we ll ask him the important questions that folks are asking about this crisis. back now to our top story. in less than an hour, president obama will make a statement about the crisis in libya. the united states and the world wants to see evidence that the pro-qaddafi forces are pulling back and there is a question around that. rick leventhal is streaming live from the rebel stronghold of benghazi in libya. rick? reporter: megyn, no question there s a lot of support among opposition forces to that no-fly resolution passed by the u.n., and also skepticism about moammar qaddafi s pledge for a