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Them up to a standard where they could be a fighting force. what do you see happening now? is there a stalemate that there's a partition and a force is built up? >> first of all, the no-fly zone is not working now because there's no forward air controllers. there should be troops on the ground that would -- >> like special forces, cia officers on the ground, laser sighting and calling in air strikes? >> laser sighting, gps, the whole thing. that's the only way it works when you're fighting in close quarters. it's not a surprise to me that the nato bombed the rebels force. we sort of got one fo...

Gadhafi back off. he will want a day or two show of strength to see if he can finish this job and present the powers to the world with a complete mission. >> we heard that gadhafi forces are showing, but they are going door-to-door. air strikes cannot be effective against that type of assault and civilians in libya, right? >> that is right. without some air controllers on the ground, and even with air controllers on the ground, you will have collateral damage. when you strike in a town, you may hit the tank and blow up a building. gadhafi would be standing by ready to make propaganda films and...

He fired the poor air controllers and gave them 48 hours and fired them all. people look back later and say he did the right thing. this fellow said this is what he's going to do. he's going to do it. you cannot have union guys electing people and then negotiating with the people they elected. i think he's right on the substance. maybe he's wrong on the politics now. stand your ground and win it. you watch. he's going to win this battle. >> that's the way you get things done, mayor fenty? >> this is what i faced in four years as mayor. he's right on the substance i think. i tend to agree with ...

Unions give up collective bargaining rights is going on in ohio, and indiana and tennessee and a bunch of other states and some people say what is going on in your state and what you are involved in is a watershed. a ronald reagan and the air controllers moment. is it a test case for the power of government versus the power of the public employee unions? >> well, i think it has large ramifications, and i'm proud of the fact that wisconsin, who led the way when it came to welfare reform and education reform under my friend tommy thompson in the '9 so, could be leading the way to budgetary and f...

Sinai and yemen. that means you need a worldwide coalition. he brags about a coalition of 65 countries, let's see him stand up and do something about it. number four, put soft forward air controllers with the americans, french and british and the sunni elements that are willing to fight with us against isis. if don't you have them out there, you can't run a serious air campaign. and you've got to deploy a couple of carrier strike groups to the mediterranean with a marine ground task force to run s.a.r. and you have the air assets to run a serious air campaign, which we've not run yet. number s...