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Have no mercy and no pity. no mercy on his own citizens. here is why this matters to us. left unchecked we have every reason to believe that qaddafi would commit atrocities against his people. many thousands could die. a humanitarian crisis would ensue. the entire region could be detake hraoeuzed endangering many of our allies and partners. the calls of the libyan people for help would go unanswered. the democratic values that we stand for would be overrun. moreover the words of the internationa...

Military operations would be brought to a conclusion. megyn: what are your thoughts, sir, on the likelihood us getting drawn in? that is a concern weve heard from many. its one thing this we are part of a united nations assault on libya enforcing a no-fly zone to try to prevent moammar gadhafi from killing his own civilians. its quite another if this fails or it goes onto a point where it looks like a long, drawn out military conflict. megyn: the history of our military engagements is that we en...

The lead on these expected military operations. dr. henry kissinger former secretary of state thank you very much for being here. megyn: good to talk to you. megyn: all the best, sir. joining me on set is a woman who us aoed to work for that man for seven years. kt mcfarland, our national security analyst. its so great to get with someone with his expertise and perspective on this k. t. the take away seems to be, fine if were going to go protect the lives of civilians there who are being brutall...

They tell us japan is very different. unlike chernoble fukushima did not erupt in a large plume into the upper atmosphere that would travel very quickly. and secondly the amount of radioactive material is much less. >> by the time it gets here whatever radio activity was let loose in japan its going to disperse over the six days and 5,000 miles it took to be here. >> reporter: risk is proportional to dose. experts tell us the amount of cumulative radiation that we are likely to see here in calif...

For us as we expect the president to announce military action by the united states in conjunction with other military partners coming into libya. >> when i agreed to do this i didnt know the president was going to speak in a few minutes. i dont want to look as if im second-guessing the president. megyn: understood. >> i support the effort to save civilian lives and to prevent civilian massacres. i am very uneasy about any military engagement that goes beyond this and that would involve us but it...

Positioned on libyas borders and those displaced by the violence received our help. ample warning was given that qaddafi needed to stop his campaign of repressioner be held accountable. the arab league and the european union joined us in calling for an end for violence. once again qaddafi chose to ignore the will of his people and the international community. instead of launched a military campaign against his own people. and there should be no doubt about his intentions, because he, himself, ha...

Establish water and electricity and gas supplies to all areas. megyn: the beginning of that sounded an awful lot like the warning that george bush gave to saddam hussein saying you have a choice. >> reporter: as henry kissinger pointed out to you we have the tendency where we go in and the whole world is behin us, whether its afghanistan or iraq. when things start going badly what happens next. that will be the big question. the next big question for this administration will be libya is not the ...

His idea. the point of going beyond the protection of the civilians that are at risk here, what happens if moammar gadhafi goes, what happens if he continues to hold the western part of the country in treupz and the rebels are on the eastern part of the country and gadhafi doesnt advance on the rebels, do you have a split libya. megyn: is it a reasonable question to ask that although publicly stated the goal is to protect civilians and not regime change that privately they are thinking regime ch...

Who the people are that we are supporting, and until we can get this i support the u.n. resolution of yesterday, i support the attempt to save civilian lives and to prevent additional loss of life, but if we go beyond this we cannot just talk about sliding inch to intor getting thrown step-by-step we have to define what the steps are and what the conclusion is. this is only part of a much bigger picture. megyn: do you believe that our purpose here is about saving civilian lives in libya, period,...

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