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The u.s. has been very reluctant to come out, in the case of egypt, to support the people. when people in libya rose up against the regime, they looked at it as a very organic movement. it was libyans leading the libyan revolution. there's no doubt, and nobody can underestimate the importance of nato tactically in making this happen. but to say that nato was the key to the success of the operation is a little bit deceiving. >> because you say the spirit, the soul of the operation was the decision of the libyan people to declare no mas. >> absolutely. you had the people on the ground who wanted...

The reason why wars are waged is to achieve political objectives. people of libya rose up against one of the most brutal thugs in the world. a person who has the blood of americans on his hands because he bombed pan am 103 and has committed other acts of terror throughout the arab world and would clearly be intent on continuing that if he stayed in power. we could have, by imposing a no-fly zone immediately given the kind of cover for the anti-gadhafi rebels to succeed and they would have succeeded. not only in my view but other military experts. instead, they dithered and went back and forth....