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We want to go beyond the headlines now for a closer look at what is happening with the military in libya. gadhafi's forces are keeping up ground attacks after six stays of air strikes, but retired army major general spider marks. thanks for being here with us. >> my pleasure. first of all, what do you make of the military operation so far? if you can even say who's winning, who's losing? >> i think if you look at the applicational force by the coalition, it was phenomenal. it was put together really, really quickly. it really speaks to professionalism, the level of training, these great relati...

This talk wouldn't have taken place if they're not going to be participating in let's call it patrolling libyan air space to deter the gadhafi air forces from flying, to enforce the no-fly zone but when it comes to protecting civilians, the broad mission president obama spoke about yesterday, when he spoke to the american people about this mission, and the air to ground attacks that would be involved, that is attacking armor and attacking gadhafi's forces that's hard to say them doing at this point. >> jamie rubin, continuing this conversation. thanks very much. our breaking news coverage cont...

Until president bush got impatient.orif years and did effectively contain him until president bush got impatient.f years and did effectively contain him until president bush got impatient. years and did effectively contain him until president bush got impatient. >> let me remind people the northern no fly zone with the kurdish armed forces protected the north. the southern no fly zone, they came in and murdered thousands and thousands of shiites while we patrolled overhead. so it was a no fly zone in and of itself will do almost nothing. the ground attacks against the center of gravity, that w...

F-16s to the nato air base in sillica and the uk has tornado jets for ground attacks stationed at bases in cypress. italy is proposing using the nato base in naples as the command center for the coordinated military intervention. let's bring in nbc news military analyst general barry mccaffery. just a question here. if they're targeting armored vehicles or tanks what does that have to do with enforcing a no fly zone? >> you went right to the heart of the matter. the no fly zone was a meaningless political gesture that would in no way protect the libyan people. remember, the no fly zone over so...

Because the rebels simply aren't reliable enough to stay and provide any type of cover. our hotel was shut down because it wasn't safe enough to be there. in addition to the ground attacks, marching across eastern libya, khadafy's air force is pounding away. >> just went off right next to the checkpoint. we don't know if anybody is injured. unbelievable, secretary day in row. you can see the smoke coming across. everybody was running for cover. it was just five minutes we were down to the check points and moved back here for safety. we got another air attack, khadafy bombed this town. you can ...