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Didn't get support to oust saddam hussein? >> at a point you have to take a risk that the coalition will splinter. if keeping the coalition is more important than winning the war, you have priorities back. >> if you take that, what you talk about that may have been overstated in terms of arming rebels if we lead the fight to topple gaddafi, then we really do, pottery barn rule all over again. >> if we help them depose gaddafi and run him out and including his son and nothing less than that, we own helping them be nothing. they're fighting in their cars, firing in the wrong direction with toy g...

Contributor and retired army gen ram russel honore to talk about the idea of arming rebels. good to see you. so if the u.s. were to supply weapons, besides giving extensive training to use them, what are your greatest concerns about this potential arrangement? >> fred, i think we need to get some boots on the ground. either from the french or the british or some other coalition member to give them the help they need to defend themselves right now and then to find some kind of sanctuary on the fall of the front lines to be able to conduct that training and it has to be done quickly. >> so the u...

With opposition leaders in the last two weeks, once in paris and once in london. the question is, is this going to be another afghanistan? the blowback where we had stingers firing on our troops when the mujahadin were fighting. >> if the president is going to arm rebels we need to figure out who the rebels are and if that's going to happen, you probably need cia agents in there working it. >> that probably can't be done as quickly as is necessary to get the arms to the rebels. it really is a conundrum of sorts there. andrea is right about afghanistan. part of the reason the taliban took over ...

Facebook.com/carolcnn. and we will read more of your comments later on this hour. >> can't wait for that. all right, carol, appreciate it. >> sure. all right, here is a look at what's ahead on the rundown. arming rebels in libya, good or bad idea? if history's any judge, it could backfire. also, where would the weapons land? some fear right into the wrong hands. and an egyptian american imprisoned in syria, but charged with nothing. plus, how much is too much? traces of radiation tracked in u.s. milk. i love quaker oatmeal, it's seriously a superfood. if you want to build a healthy heart, it...

Arming the rebels. correspondent james rosen has the latest from the state department. james? >> reporter: chris, good evening. fox news confirmed that president obama has been considering a secret order known as finding to authorize broad away of covert operations in the libya. tonight reuters is reporting that the order has been signed sometime in the last two or three weeks. under heavy mortar and artillery fire, they moved east, another sign that ground forces loyal to gaddafi are strong despite the nato airstrikes. president obama said tuesday he has not ruled out supplying arms to the re...