going to start small and play it by ear. we re playing it by ear. and we also sent a message to the rebels that we were here to help. we re really not helping the way that we should based upon the message that we sent. bob, what should happen now? there are so options. you could retreat, refrain the rebels. is that realistic? no. it s not. you know, training a force like that is going to take six months to a year. and even at that i m not sure. these people are very difficult to train. there s no cohesive force. there are no military commanders. colonel hoftar is not capable of leading this force. we can t even identify commanders. we re ensuring a conflict that could go on for years. soledad, if i could, follow on to bob, to that very point, you can the key thing that the rebels need to do is realize that they can if they re not
in the application of force. what does that mean? incrementalism means we re going to start small and play it by ear. we re playing it by ear. and we also sent a message to the rebels that we were here to help. we re really not helping the way that we should based upon the message that we sent. bob, what should happen now? there are so options. you could retreat, refrain the rebels. is that realistic? no. it s not. you know, training a force like that is going to take six months to a year. and even at that i m not sure. these people are very difficult to train. there s no cohesive force. there are no military commanders. colonel hoftar is not tape capable of leading this force. we can t even identify commanders. we re ensuring a conflict that could go on for years. soledad, if i could, follow on to bob, to that very point,
to a year. and even at that, i m not sure. these people are very difficult to train. there s no cohesive force. there are no military commanders. colonel hoftar is not capable of leading this force. we can t even identify commanders. the way we re doing it now, we re ensuring a conflict that could go on for years. soledad, if i could, follow on to bob, to that very point, you can the key thing that the rebels need to do is realize that they can if they re not going to win, at least they need to win by not losing. and right now they re losing. so a consolidation of some sort, and to bob s point, it may take time to achieve success but that is the thing that s in their favor and it s time. i m going to ask both you gentlemen to stick around for a minute while we bring in ben wedeman in benghazi, which is the rebel stronghold in eastern libya. ben, i know you were in misrata earlier today and i know it wasn t for very long, but what
these people are very difficult to train. there s no cohesive force. there are no military commanders. colonel hoftar is not capable of leading this force. we can t even identify commanders. the way we re doing it now, we re ensuring a conflict that could go on for years. soledad, if i could, follow on to bob, to that very point, you can the key thing that the rebels need to do is realize that they can if they re not going to win, at least they need to win by not losing. and right now they re losing. so a consolidation of some sort, and to bob s point, it may take time to achieve success but that is the thing that s in their favor and it s time. i m going to ask both you gentlemen to stick around for a minute while we bring in ben wedeman in benghazi, which is the rebel stronghold in eastern libya. ben, i know you were in misrata earlier today and i know it wasn t for very long, but what did you see? well, what we saw in the city, very much under siege by