Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120119:00:51:00
Libya and the binladen raid. >> gates did not want to go in libya, with bin laden he wanted to do a missile strike. >> perhaps the same result but we won't have known it was him. >> it could have been potentially disasterous in pakistan. >> how could you have proven it? >> say we shot in their territory, we wouldn't get the credit in our own morale, they would be able to claim he was alive. they had to get his teeth to make sure it was him. and put him in the ocean. >> they made sure it was him. catch him, kill him if you have to, make sure it's him. >> right. but that is the confidence, this ...