can resurface. it may be that it s not a matter of military might, but instead an idea that s come to the libyan people that it s time for a change that ends up ultimately sweeping gadhafi out of power. nato announced it will assume command of the no-fly zone over libya. still lingering questions about protecting civilians on the ground. listen to what the nato secretary general told me in the situation room thursday night. it will be a nato command, but i also have to say that we will include contributing partners from the region in this operation. it s of outmost importance to stress that this is not primarily a nato operation. it is a broad international effort in which we will include partners from the region that
nato operation, nonnato members participating. does it make sense to do what they are doing in afghanistan in libya? i think it can be looked at. but one of the challenges here is that i haven t seen the discussion of ground forces nato ground force there is as we have in afghanistan. they don t want to send the united states the president says no u.s. ground troop wills go in. so i think you need to understand as you come up with the command and control arrangement that you will not have ground forces involved. at least not initially. so i think the afghan model could be looked at. i think the bosnian model can be looked as as well on how that was handled, but you have to get agreement on the mission and on who s in charge. that has to come first. as far as the mission is concerned what s confusing to a lot of us from the beginning is that this united nations
taylor s star. in india, cricket fans watch a sunset before the world cup. in moscow, the russian president contemplates a piece of contemporary art. and in england, the conservationist inspects a beetle during a nationwide insect survey. hot shots. a picture is worth a thousand words. enforcing the no fly zone over libya is no laughing matter. many people seem to think the name of the operation is. here s cnn. reporter: it dawned on the military to animal it operation odyssey dawn. the mission was being called operation odyssey dawn. reporter: thus began an odyssey of insults. odyssey dawn? that s not a military operation. that s a carnival cruise ship. reporter: well, a cruise ship isn t so bad. odyssey dawn? you really named a combat operation after a yes album? reporter: no. there is not a yes album called
have pledged to contribute to this protection of civilians in libya. all right. let s get more on what it all needs from retired u.s. army general george joulwan. thank you very much for coming in. do you have a good appreciation now? it looks like nato will be in charge of this operation, but there are still lingering questions. a lot of questions. i would hope that the ministerial meetings coming up and the meeting in london in particular. next tuesday? yes. will help clarify that. i think what needs to happen, there has to be unity of command as you go forward here. you can t say one person or agency will do this on the ground and the other in the air. nato is, i think, the body to do that. so i think you re going to come to some agreement here that nato will be in charge in the air and on the ground. they say the model they are looking at is afghanistan where there is a u.s.-led operation, a