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What should we do with gadhafi if anything? >> well, you know, we may not be able to solve that problem. that may be for the people in libya to resolve just like the people in egypt were able to resolve it without our military intervention. the people of other countries have done so. i think we've got to be very careful about u.s. military intervention, humanitarian wars, whatever you want to call it. we can't afford it and it's also very dangerous. people have the ability to strive to create democracies. we can support that morally but when we start doing it militarily, things start to change...

You support military action against libya? text a for yes. text b for no. to 622639. or go to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll get results coming up. the longer the u.s. participates in air strikes in libya the more the united states will spend on the attacks. some estimates already put a billion dollar price tag on this mission. i'll share my thoughts with you when we come back on the cost and where do we go in here? what does it take to fly? it takes knowing we have our work cut out for us. but if you run before the wind you can't take off. you've got to turn into it. the thing you push a...

This really didn't need a special allocation of funds. >> well, continuing resolution you could put an amendment in that would be a restrictive amendment that would essentially stop the president from being able to spend any funds for the operations against libya. >> so moving forward, president obama has done this. what are the -- what is the political downfall with his base on this? your take on that? >> you know, i have to tell you, i mean, i'm so focused on the constitutional aspect i really haven't thought much about the political aspects of this. i don't know the answer to that but i can...

Support al qaeda. right wingers in this country are eating it up. far right wing blogger pamela geller writes president obama is essentially backing al qaeda in libya. of course it's not true but it doesn't mean the white house doesn't have al qaeda on their minds. "time"'s swampland writes obama and his aides know they are taking a big risk. it is a huge gamble says the senior administration official. the administration knows for example that al qaeda which has active cells in libya will try to exploit the power vacuum that will come with a weak or ousted gadhafi. john brennan is the top coun...

Square our military actions and our stated policies. our military action is in support of an international mandate from the security council. it specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat proposed by colonel gadhafi to his people. not only was he carrying out murders of civilians but he threatened more as part of that international coalition i authorized the united states military to work with our international partners, to fulfill that mandate. now, i also have stated that it is u.s. policy that gadhafi needs to go. >> needs to go. those are big words. it sounds like president obama want...