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Simply in a way just postpone the inevitable. we did not go into bosnia when we should have. at some point, if the slaughter in libya becomes intolerable, we're going to be drawn into libya. we might as well do what we have to do there. >> admiral, you said it was an integrated air defense system. how sophisticated is the air defense system? >> it's a russian based system. it's quite sophisticated, it's coordinated. the libyans have had it for some time. it's been modernized. they have sa-6 s.a.m. missile systems, which are quite effective. let me give you one example about just assuming that ...

Simply, in a way, just postpone the inevitable. we did not go in to bosnia when we should have and we paid the price for that delay. and the same here, at some point n the slaughter in libya becomes intolerable, we will be drawn in to libya. so we might as well face -- we might as well come to a reckoning of what we have to do there. >> you said it was an integrated air service system. how sophisticated is the system? it. >> a russian-based system. it is quite sophisticated, the libyans have had it sometime. it has been moddenized. they have sam missile systems which are effective. give you on...

Anti-aircraft guns which they use against sort of on the ground. they also have shoulder launched surface-to-air missiles. and they have a few tanks. but the tanks are being used basically in a defensive posture. in terms of defensive equipment, the things i mentioned is all they have. what they don't have is air power which makes them sitting ducks for the libyan air force in this area. as far as the pro-gadhafi forces in brega, we understand a lot of basically toyota pickup trucks which have sitting on top of them anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns and anti-tank guns and as i said, th...

In a circumstance like this. >> the iraqi government has requested air support in countering the rebels. it is not quite arizona zee as it looks. they warn heavy risks that come with launching a bombing campaign especially since the targets for now are pretty unclear. f 18's are typically known as an aircraft -- an attack aircraft but they are doing so from a carrier in the persian gulf. any moves at this point are unpredictable. >> this foreign policy is making the world is much more dangerous place and we more likely to be attacked after he became

American attack aircraft now flying missions over iraq. they are launching from u.s. aircraft carrier in the persian gulf. back in washington, there are reports president obama is considering putting some small teams of special forces on the ground in iraq, which is not the same as combat troops. the president met with congressional leaders for about an hour late today to discuss the options and that is where we pick it up tonight, with the powerful lineup on this story. lieutenant colonel oliver north is here on the possibility of the u.s. going boots on the ground back into iraq. the most de...