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>> yeah, it is a stunningly good idea coming out of the obama administration. in reality it is a relatively small first step but a very important one. and i hope a precursor to others. china has gotten increasingly belligerent in its territorial claims in the china sea. it has gotten increasingly assertive keeping u.s. naval forces away from its coast. it has been developing anti-access area denial weapons capabilities to push our fleet and air capability back away. this is a response to an emerging potential threat. we're not obviously looking for a confrontation with china but the best way t...

President was concerned about, which was the massacre of civilians. and you can only do so much with an air capability. you can't change government, you can't really stop ground forces with an air campaign. so it's a stopgap, and we're going to have to take our way through. what do we do next? >> what do we do if gadhafi hangs on? >> he is likely to hang on. i mean, the odds of being able to turn him out, when he's got as much support as he does in that portion of libya, and from tribes and from the military, it's unlikely that he's going to be ousted by anybody, at least any time soon. this i...

It be short? >> he says it's going to be short. i would be a bit concerned about overpromising right now as to howo be out. one imagines we destroy the libyan air force, air capability, but as was pointed out, he sld chance to. then the mission becomes bomb the tank columns, how far do we go. meanwhile, u.s. policy is clearly regime change, but we're not supposed toç enforce that policy with this military intervention. it is a bit confusing. >> so the riddle continues. msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson, thanks for joining us. >> great to be here. still to come, congressman dennis ku...

I would be a bit concerned about overpromising right now as to how quickly we're going to be out.ç one imagines we destroy the libyan air force, air capability, but as was pointed out, he still has tanks. he is still going to move on the rebel strongholds, once he has a chance to. then the mission becomes bomb the tank columns, how far do we go? meanwhile, u.s. policy is clearly regime change, but we're not supposed to enforce that policy with this military intervention. it is a bit confusing. >> so the riddle continues. msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson, thanks for joining us. >> gre...