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The u.s. commander, africa commander, talk about this, clearly hes in charge right now. and presumably and everybody says will hand that off to a coalition, to nato, to be in charge at some point. secretary gates reiterated that again today. but in the meantime, its -- it -- it seems to be an awkward situation for the military. on the other hand, no-fly zones, thats something weve done before. again, thats the tactic. thats not the end game. thats not the strategy. and that has jet to be reveale...

Last couple of decades at the strategic level worries about mission creep, having an undefined mission and allowing it to creep. i understand that prettyem with, having been -- pretty well, having been around in iraq and afghanistan. admiral mullen im sure understands that well as do the other military leaders. if you go to the tactical level, i think when you have a civil war and we dont have the apparatus and the process in place to deconflict targets, you worry about friendly fire or hurting ...

The ground, as you see the interviews with general hamm, the u.s. commander, africa commander, talk about this, clearly hes in charge right now. and presumably and everybody says will hand that off to a coalition, to nato, to be in charge at some point. secretary gates reiterated that again today. but in the meantime, its -- its t -- it seems to be an awkward situation for the military. on the other hand, no-fly zones, thats something weve done before. again, thats the tactic. thats not the end ...