and you will find that has a very remarkable effect on their desire to fly. second of all, the four bases around tripoli are the areas where the air assets are located. so you're not talking about covering all of libya. the maintenance of the aircraft they have is not particularly good. they're not a formidable force. we are the strongest nation in the world. we should be able to take care of the air defenses as well as the air assets without see much difficulty. for ten years we enforce ad no-fly zone over iraq. yes, it takes assets, but we were successful in doing so. >> here's what bill daley, the white house chief of staff said on sunday. i'll play the clip for you. >> lots of people throw around the phrase of no-fly zone. they talk bt ate like it's a video game or something. some people who throw that line out have no idea what they're talking about.