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Destroyed. that battle tempo has been greatly reduced. there was this symbolic and dramatic attack on gadhafis compound today. there have been other attacks on his compound. this was just with bigger bombs. >> we heard johns mccain side with the rebels over the weekend and say we have to help them, but heres lindsey is graham. >> says leading to a stalemate. theres just right now no momentum by the rebels. theres not deep support for gadhafi. so my recommendation to nato and the administration i...

Gadhafi. so my recommendation to nato and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off, go to tripoli, start bombing gadhafis inner circle, their compounds, their military headquarters in tripoli. the way to get gadhafi to leave is have his inner circle break and turn on him. thats going to take a sustained effort through an air campaign. i think the focus should now be to cut the head of the snake off. thats the quickest way to end this. >> heres the problem. the u.n. resolution calls...

Here. i want to move you first to libya. and admiral mullen said in iraq that this was moving toward a stalemate. i want you to tell me what it looks like to you. >> looks like a stalemate. the militarys strategy of taking u.s. air assets out of nato i think was a big mistake. we have a unique capability. we got ac-130s, a-10s that can do a lot of damage to the libyan forces supporting gadhafi. when you take these off the battlefield -- you know, we wanted a no-fly zone for the libyan aircraft, ...

Well be joined by senator john mccain just out of libya. and by independent senator joe lieberman and republican senator lindsey graham. zblut account head of the snake off, go to tripoli, start bombing gadhafis inner sishle. then, analysis from former nato commander general george jalyuan and former u.s. representative to nato, nicholas burns. im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." the battles for something new continue to rage across the middle east. yesterday syrian governmen...