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May just be easier to say we have engaged him. he is now our enemy, we must win this war. >> i think hes in a difficult position if you look at this in the terms of the 2 -hour news cycle and pick apart everything minute by minute. if you look at how he has accomplished every step of this from beginning to end it has been thought out. i think we need to wait just a little bit longer. >> answer the question, why are we there? >> why are we there? >> oh, come on. >> why are we there? >> we are the...

England cameron, its just not. its obama. >> pat and i especially praised the president for the leadup to this. i thought it was great that he waited for france. he waited for england. he waited for the arab league to step out there. that to us, at least, while a lot of neocons hate it, to us, i think that showed the type of restraint american presidents needed to show. we fumbled and bumbled our way in there. he hasnt defined the mission. if you want to talk about the reality of the situation, ...

Tactics will he use to retaliate? he may blow up airliners, massacre people. if you say the guys got to go and youre the president of the united states and the super power, hes got to go. >> i do agree with that. do i think in terms of getting collective action, support from around the world and waiting him out, there has been a methodical approach to this. >> sam stein. >> he was diligent. mikas right about this. he was diligent and thoughtful of going through the process of getting the support...

This into the west or the united states versus gadhafi. so i think waiting until we had the arab league resolution was important. i think we have now acted in time to make the difference. and in enforcing the u.n. resolution we are leveling the playing field. exactly as paul said its the libyans ultimately then who have to overturn gadhafi, who have to win their fight. what we are doing is making it possible for them to do that. >> paul, let me return to you. no one seems sure what the mission i...

Zone, that weal couldnt turn this into the west or the united states versus gadhafi. so i think waiting until we had the arab league resolution was important. i think we have now acted in time to make the difference. and in enforcing the u.n. resolution we are leveling the playing field. exactly as paul said its the libyans ultimately then who have to overturn gadhafi, who have to win their fight. what we are doing is making it possible for them to do that. >> paul, let me return to you. no one ...

Zone, that weal couldnt turn this into the west or the united states versus gadhafi. so i think waiting until we had the arab league resolution was important. i think we have now acted in time to make the difference. and in enforcing the u.n. resolution we are leveling the playing field. exactly as paul said its the libyans ultimately then who have to overturn gadhafi, who have to win their fight. what we are doing is making it possible for them to do that. >> paul, let me return to you. no one ...

Cameron have mentioned. gadhafi is going to try to turn this into the west versus gadhafi. they want to make sure the world see that theres an arab face to this as well. >> is that enough at this point, does that represent enough of arab participation for this to be seen as truly international? >> im not sure we know that yet. but the arab league is involved. and there are other arab nations, jordan, for instance, which have shown support. the big question here is whether this is some kind of in...

Correspondent mick viqueira. a shift in tactics from the u.s. what brought this on? >> there were a couple things the administration was waiting for. there was a plane loaded with u.s. citizens that took off yesterday time around 2:00 in the afternoon. 30 minutes after that did the white house press secretary jay carney appear in the press room to announce sanctions that you just outlined there. theyve been very careful not to mention gadhafis name specifically mention his name because they dont...