>> it's clear we're acting on the side of the rebels, and that we can, by keeping up the sustained pressure and movement, that gadhafi can be removed. if we tell gadhafi, don't worry, you're not going to be removed by force, i think that that's very encouraging to gadhafi. and so i believe that the rebels, as i predicted are succeeding because we negated the air power and the armor capabilities of gadhafi, and we're rapidly on the road to success. the president's remarks that what he really doesn't emphasize is that the united states leads. there are times when we have to act alone. there are many other times where we have the time and the luxury of assembling coalitions and acting together, and we always want to act in partnership. when president reagan attacked tripoli, he didn't ask anyone, he didn't assemble a coalition. when we went into panama to remove noriega, we didn't