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Damage and the really bad images and everything looks really rotten. the president looks like he made a big mistake. at the end of the day, it doesnt look like the rebels will win in any case. perhaps this is say situation that politically that all parties had, except the rebels, had hoped for. a stalemate in which gadhafi is not going to do any more, didnt have the to do any more. the united states and its allies and the arab league really dont have to do anything except announce there will be ...

>> its more than a no-fly, its a declaration of war, basically, against gadhafi? >> sounds to me like its broad authorization. >> well, at least its doing it right if youre going to do it. im not sure its a good idea, but if youre going to do it, knock them out of there! thank you, ambassador. >> youre welcome. >> nice to have some exercise on the region. next, presidential politics. donald trump is talking more like a candidate, tuned my distress, talking more like a birther, but maybe thats ...

Clinton very, very clearly saying yesterday to congress that the no-fly zone is just -- carries too many risks unilaterally. we wont do anything on our own. chris matthews, interestingly last night former president clinton at the newsweek daily beast delineates a much more muscular policy and reflects his own background and felt regret we did not in the clinton years, the united states did not act more quickly on rwandrwanda, on koso kosovo. >> they did on somalia and it was a disaster. we have ...

>> what about something short of that, because the presidents holding back on no-fly, what about some kind of embargo against oil exports? just stop them from exporting oil. maybe that would be against our economic interests, but it would certainly shut down that government, wouldnt it? >> pretty much, their oil operations have literally ceased. but at the same time, any kind of economic boycott, any kind of economic sanction, any kind of efforts to ensure that the regime and the leadership does...

Perhaps nato-led with our assistance. i think we need to take steps, chris, the united states to airlift humanitarian supplies, possibly some weapons to the rebels. i have said that it makes sense to covertly find ways to help the rebels, give them some ammunition, give them some weapons. i think the time has come to step in. i think the president has handled it well. hes calibrating his remarks, hes building international support, diplomatic support, economic support. i wouldnt discount this re...

Yes, i think the time has come for a no-fly zone, internationally recognized, perhaps nato-led with our assistance. i think we need to take steps, chris, the united states to airlift humanitarian supplies, possibly some weapons to the rebels. i have said that it makes sense to covertly find ways to help the rebels, give them some ammuniti ammunition, give them some weapons. i think the time has come to step in. i think the president has handled it well. hes calibrating his remarks, hes building ...

It as necessary. >> senator john kerry was addressing secretary of state hillary clinton. there she is in the live pictures. shes discussing the libyan crisis, of course, before the senate foreign relations committee. pentagon officials have warn that had a no fly shown would be extremely difficult to enforce. there is a crush of people trying to escape libyas chaos and violence. 150,000 men, women and children want out, but there is chaos on the borders. too many people, too few supplies. the...

Crisis. >> we feel that we did this in a prudent and effective manner. we did it in a way that did not raise the alarm bells around the region in the world that we were about to invade for oil. >> reporter: clinton says they respect the rebels unaided without outside invention where the top general says establishing a no fly so often would require jets to destroy libyan air defenses. they sounded guardly optimistically about muammar khadafy old weapons material. >> were keeping an eye out. i don...

Being able to land marines, is sort of a floating hospital bay. its got six operating rooms, the ability to care for up to 600 patients. >> what about this no fly zone? is it possible? can they do that? >> admiral -- other officials say it does not come without risks. take a look at what the head of u.s. central command said on capitol hill just a couple of hours ago. >> my military opinion is sure it would be challenging, he would have to remove the air defense capability. in order to establish...

Human rights in libya. here theyve got various -- they get a b+ grade the united states of america supported the increased engagement with the international community >> sean: in is the same rights commission that this saddam hussein on it over the years. iran was in it. libya. >> a lot of western countries written especially was complicit in the rehabilitation of qadhafi. now they should be ashamed and ed. we still can make up for it -- and embarrassed. we still can make up for it, jamming elec...