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Dont start my on killing your own people. if thats the new standard, theres about a dozen places we need to be. i happen on the rebels side, but i have another problem -- who are the rebels? >> you have a lot of questions, congresswoman. they are fair questions. >> i was on conference call with democrats on sunday, our intelligence people said they dont have any intelligence from libya. soç i -- like the american the say please come home and tell us the reasons and how youre going to get out o...

That he took on iraq and afghanistan, i think he would agree. >> by congresswoman, ive got to put you on the spot here. would you have liked the approach of either we do nothing or the approach of hey, you know what? we go in with ground troops, help the rebels, get gadhafi out? >> i certainly dont want to see us open a third war in the middle east, where at this time we could leave the meet, or at least libya, more unstable that we found it. this is a society of tribes. all gadhafi did was hold...

And that same year, john thune warmed that tom daschles words, embolden enemy, andç dick chen said if the senate passed a resolution against the iraq plan, it would be, quote, descriptal from the standpoint of the troops. except now that its a democratic president, i guess its okay to embolden the enemy a wit by questioning our commander in chief in times of war. right, sarah palin? >> i wont criticize his foreign policy, but to answer your question, certainly there would have been more decisi...

Trying to undermine, but continue with a political committee meeting in paris that would govern the war. now, the turks are even farther out of box. >> theyre for, just not for a nato operation. >> right, which is the only serious command and control capability other than u.s. unilateral, which is what weve down up to now. we have a four-star u.s. army general as the strategic commander and a three-start u.s. admiral as the on-scene tactical commander, so this is a u.s. operation so far. >> stev...

Meanwhile, the international coalition has suffered its first setback, an american fighter jet crashed overnight in the countrys rebel-controlled east. according to the u.s. military, the war plane went down late monday after an equipment malfunction. both crew members safetily ejected from the aircraft, which is very good news. now, ever since this operation began, there have been many questions and weve been among those asking them. is president obama doing the same thing president bush did by...