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President he accepted the nobel peace prize. >> more and more we know how to prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by their own governor, or to stop a civil war whose violence can engulf and in tire region. i believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grnd aitas i t lks,rntr pc scarred by war. inaction tears at our conscious and can lead to more costly intervention later. that's why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace. america's commitment to global security will never waiver. but in a world in which threa...

Bipartisan members of congress. but that remained unenunciated. that's problematic for a lot of reasons. but partly because congress doesn't want to vote for all the reasons i just mentioned. if you're john boehner, you're happier not voting on that libya intervention. six months ago you can say whatever you want and no one throws that vote in your face. the fact of the matter, this is a creep of unilateral authority by the executive branch in sort of military operations, it is also on congress who just sort of are shirking. they haven't demanded justification of the authority in mass, and it ...

Director of intelligence james clapper gave his assessment of what was going to happen in libya between gadhafi's forces and the rebels. watch. >> just think from a standpoint of attrition that over time, i mean, this kind of stalemate back and forth, i think longer term that the regime will prevail. >> over the longer term, the regime will prevail. over the longer term, gadhafi will win. again, that was before this international intervention. it was the opinion of the intelligence community that gadhafi over time was going to win. and then came international intervention. un security council ...

Vote in the senate will bind any senators from future political criticism? >> i definitely don't. i thinthat their opponents will be able to bring it up. but i think for the most part, they're going to be free-lancing. the other thing that is fascinating about the dynamic, there's a consensus against this intervention. if you look at the polling data, the people that are most supportive of conservative republicans and the reason is generally they are pro-military intervention, nationalists, beevinmecan suemacy, also have been told by their leaders for years that this is what america has to do,...

The violence and suffering can engulf an entire region. beevth c b stie ty rer heples th he encaedy r. ctn,tan ad to more costly intervention later. that's why all responsible nations must embrace the roll that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace. america's commitment to global security will never waiver, but in a world in which threats are more diffuse and meigs more complex, america cannot act alone. >> president obama speaking in 2009, america cannot act ooh loan. here he was tonight. >> we're know that the united states is the world's most powerful nation. we will of...