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President obama did make a public statement saturday afternoon that we had started that military intervention in libya, but did so from the confines of a convention center in brazil. eight years to the day that george w. bush stared unsteadily into the camera and announced the iraq invasion, president obama announced his own military intervention, but pointedly declined the opportunity to do it in a way that u.s. presidents usually do. president obama taking all sorts of criticism from the right...

Tenure, 34,000 mexican citizens have been killed. in afghanistan in that same period of time, 21,000 civilians have been kill. that can give you an idea the dimensions of this conflict, which is spilled over, moved into places in mexico like monterey, acapulco and other places we never thought we would see this kind of violence. >> greta: if we in libya for humanitarian purposes. and you talk about mexico and 34,000, even our own u.s. ambassador resigned saturday. there wasnt much attention beca...

American and british forces today dropped another two dozen tomahawk missles in libya. the cost $690,000 a pop. thats part of efforts to maintain the no fly zone. officials report that progress in pushing back gadhafi forces but so far no concrete details on an end game as to u.s. or foreign involvement. in fact, we heard the pentagon just this afternoon doubling down on this mission. >> were going to continue to pursue all actions necessary to make him comply with the security council resolutio...

You the current presidents oval office address on the subject, but there isnt one. president obama did make a public statement saturday afternoon that we had started that military intervention in libya, but did so from the confines of a convention center in brazil. eight years to the day that george w. bush stared unsteadily into the camera and announced the iraq invasion, president obama announced his own military intervention, but pointedly declined the opportunity to do it in a way that u.s. ...

Weekend i am worried we are taking a back seat rather than a leadership role. we used to relish leading the free world. now it is like almost leading the free world is an inconvenience. i think the president caveated this way too much, lk like it is a nuisance. lindsey graham speaking on fox news yesterday. would be republican candidate newt gingrich said president obamas position on libya makes him a, quote, spectator in chief instead of commander in chief. rick santorum saying the french were ...

Whether that is true, or if the money we are saving is not real but i would say this environment, stick a form in it, japan is melting down, you have libya blowing up, you have the fears of a global financial crisis and these guys are talking about. the -- the forks and 9s and i would lick to sake any of those items and stick them with it. >> they were being mocked in the u.k. given the state of our country dont we have more important things to do than what is being called the biodegradable flat...

Muammar qaddafi is getting nasty and oil traders are sending prices back over $100 a barrel as muammar qaddafi vows the rebels will look down a gun barrel telling residents of one city of benghazi they will be attacked tonight, tonight. and now if he follows through, and he has in the past, what? >>guest: the continuation of $4 or higher, we approached $102 a barrel. markets fear things. they are fearing what will happen in japan. what will happen with nuclear power. but they fear those bombs, t...

They dont pay $105 or $120 because they produce billion barrels which they sell. russia will not play. no-fly zone or u.s. attack on qadaffi would put the rebels in place and maybe free flowing oil would happen again and prices would retreat. $4 a barrel higher today, maybe it is back down so russia likes this. >>neil: what if muammar qaddafi makes good on threats to wipe out the rebels? the air raids would be moot. >>guest: they are moot until there are other protesters and another country says...

Problems that weve had. there are many different effects on the world economy from this tragic situation. >> neil: eric, i spoke to earlier traders who said you know as soon as japanese is taken off the table as a financial worry, it will rebound. people are optimistic it eventually. now you have had libya saber rattling and you swap foreign players that are big worries. is that how it will be in the next few weeks? >> i think so. we had tenuous signs of world recovery but its still a from jig r...

The death tolls could be up in the hundreds of people. it is very unclear because it is difficult to know what is going on in that country. it sounds like a deteriorating situation. >> ron allen, in cairo. now libya and the rest of the region. the white house is examining this from afar. the speech by gadhafis son condemning the violence. stephen clemens founder of the new america project at the new america foundation. steve, what is happening with moammar gadhafi, more than four decades of a le...