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So was colin powell. >> indeed, the facts and iraqs behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. >> the national debate over going to war in iraq was heavily lopsided in favor of war. in the united states senate, the war resolution passed with 77 votes, only 23 senators opposed it, including only one republican rhode island senator rink on chafee. >> what concerns me most is the pattern we see applied to iraq, that is ...

>> indeed, the facts and iraqs behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. >> the national debate over going to war in iraq was heavily lopsided in favor of war. in the united states senate, the war resolution passed with 77 votes, only 23 senators opposed it, including only one republican rhode island senator rink on chafee. >> what concerns me most is the pattern we see applied to iraq, that is abandoning of our all...

Colleague, senator ran paul, was very sharply critical of the administrations decision to go into libya in the first place without coming to congress for a war resolution. let me play this for you. >> you can be absolutist and apply it to every circumstance. the problem is it just doesnt work in some instances. when 10,000 people are about to be wiped out by a brutal dictator, and you need to make a quick judgment about engaejment, you certainly cant rely on a congress that has proven itself unw...

Little bit in the second term when they said that the whats known as the 914 war resolution was the ability -- the authorization for the use of military force for denying habeous and that remains true for the obama administration justice department. ben rhodes, if you were to ask him now, how do you justify holding the people you have in guantanamo and he would say the authorization of the military. >> all the more reason addingtons effect is more agreenlgous. the ultimate cost is power. thats n...

Bush when going into iraq the first time, he did get a war resolution. that was a very con tesch contentious bait. when george w. bush went into war the second time, there were a lot of different things. there are very few declared wars. >> nick ragone, thank you very much. good discussion. >> thank you. well take you back to libya for a live report in just a moment. also ahead, the battle against radiation at japans crippled nuclear pour plant and todays false alarm. you are watching msnbc su...

Public on going to war or conflict? >> i think they were all difficult decisions. you saw president reagan, three clips there of lebanon, grenada and libya. president george w. bush had a couple. i think they all do it well. the country rallies, think to remember, when the decisions are made we rally around the flag. typically it is a matter of whats the exit strategy, and thats when things go a little awry if theres no exit strategy. i think our presidents do that very well, they know how to ca...

Second. you saw the map that showed over the past weeks the territory controlled by gadhafi, he retook. the territory he retook has expanded dramatically. the cost of human lives has gone up because of delay. >> it was a cost obama had to pay. it would have been better if he had done it a week ago. but to have done it without the legitimacy that comes from the arab league would have been terrible -- >> you dismiss the consistency because all that were left with without skinsy is the arrogance of...

Them? >> im not ready to say that, chuck. we are already getting ready to have a new generation of nuclear power plants and nuclear regulatory commission looking at seven new designs and they havent built a new plan in the united states for seven years from scratch. they will incorporate all the possible safety features and were even moving towards a reprocessing way, a way to take used nuclear fuel and just use it over and over and over again so its not separated. >> i want to ask you a quick q...

I mean the humanitarian issue is really enormous further up north. i mean, there is a serious risk to life. just because the aid has not arrived and the conditions have worsened, especially with how cold, how bad the weather is and how little heat there is. so, this is an overwhelming, unprecedented type of disaster and it is uncertain as to why one agency or another is adequate to respond to it. >> ann curry for us in akita, japan. thanks very much, ann. >> all right, youre welcome, chuck. le...

Nations backs any no-fly zone and backs by any means a necessary cause in the regulation. what says you? >> thats a historic debate that the president has to come ask us what to do. i think if we dont have a resolution, the president at least needs to consult with congress about anything that might be considered an act of war in libya. >> so, you would like to see a resolution? i mean, when you say consult, that means a resolution, no? >> no, not necessarily. i think throughout our history we ha...