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Sarkozy. >> what do you make of the speech? >> i support the policy. i thought the speech was muddled and unclear. hard to give a war speech about limits. subm im sympathetic about what they want to do. they are putting a thumb on the scale of a civil conflict between a dictator who stays in power with force and not much po popular support destabilizing the region and our values are with the rebels and interests are not just to stop gadhafi. even a stalemate he loses in the end. we have to align...

Military means could avert a further catastrophe in those countries. its a broader statement about foreign policy and not just military protection. >> this is also a statement that if you break it you own it need not necessarily apply. john dickerson wrote this is not an obama doctrine, its a libya doctrine only. >> well, it does seem to be very focused on that. its not addressing everything going on in the whole middle east. the other difference, contrast to iraq, france is in the lead here. fr...

Controller on duty dozed off. >> arthel: and big developments in libya. rebels there giving credit to international air support as they retake a key city near the mediterranean coast. were going to get a live report from tripoli in a moment. >> rick: first, president obama taking up the u.s. military operation in libya in his weekly address, fending off criticism from both sides of the political aisle over this thing. the comments setting the stage for a bigger address from the president monday....

Occasion to retrash george w. bush for getting us into the war in the first place, you saw a lot of those clips. so, it was kind of a no-win situation for obama. it wasnt ever his issue. he had to be careful not to be triumphant and have another mission accomplished moment and i think the press didnt really know what to make of it. >> there was the sort of weird turn where he starts talking about the economy. i guess, taking a war speech and turning it into, you know, i feel your pain, was that ...

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>> bill: i always have a problem with this. >> i always want entertainment. you want dancing girls. >> bill: if i wanted entertainment, i would fire you and get somebody else in. >> there thats very funny. [ laughter ] >> bill: here is my problem. i watched the guy on campaign trail, he was elvis. hope and change and were and that and the place was going wild, all right? and he was talking about serious things. >> dont have dancing girls. becker live fountain. >> bill: thats what he was doing. >...

>> bill: i always have a problem with this. >> i always want entertainment. you want dancing girls. >> bill: if i wanted entertainment, i would fire you and get somebody else in. >> there thats very funny. [ laughter ] >> bill: here is my problem. i watched the guy on campaign trail, he was elvis. hope and change and were and that and the place was going wild, all right? and he was talking about serious things. >> dont have dancing girls. becker live fountain. >> bill: thats what he was doing. >...

>> bill: i always have a problem with this. >> i always want entertainment. you want dancing girls. >> bill: if i wanted entertainment, i would fire you and get somebody else in. >> there thats very funny. [ laughter ] >> bill: here is my problem. i watched the guy on campaign trail, he was elvis. hope and change and were and that and the place was going wild, all right? and he was talking about serious things. >> dont have dancing girls. becker live fountain. >> bill: thats what he was doing. >...

Problem the conflict poses for president obama. joining us to talk about that and much, much more, our cnn political contributor and democrat strategist donna brazile and cnn bill bennett host of the national radio talk show "morning in america." thanks for being with us. clearly the president here, perhaps on the defensive when he talks about the war in afghanistan. heres how -- heres how michal len of politico put it. he says that democrats contend that obama gains nothing by talking about the...

Assaulting our shores and our citizens. tonight, id like to lay out for you what our battle plan is going forward. >> glenn: got it? "battle plan. "assault on our shores, world war ii. george stephanopoulos described this as martial language. >> the addresses are used when the national is at war. tonight, the president used martial language and talked about the siege, assault on the shores and the battle plan to fix it and he said we have to rally together. i think what the white house was reach...