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Emphasis on this. >> opposition forces say nato is far more cautious in picking their targets and slower in their ability to respond quickly to events on the ground, something critics warned about when the handover to nato was first proposed. >> u.s. military will no longer be flying strike sorites against gadhafi's armored columns and ground forces. i believe this would be a profound mistake with potentially disastrous consequences. >> we learned today american aircraft are still being used in strikes against air defense systems and jamming enemy radar, and aerial refueling. but tank busting ...

Great effort to protect the civilians since the nato took over the operation. so we would like to put great emphasis on this. >> opposition forces say nato is far more cautious in picking their targets and slower in their ability to respond quickly to events on the ground, something critics warned about when the handover to nato was first proposed. >> u.s. military will no longer be flying strike sorties against gadhafi's armored columns and ground forces. i believe this would be a profound mistake with potentially disastrous consequences. >> we learned today american aircraft are still being ...

The question now-w a stalemate on the ground between opposition forces and gadhafi's army and libyan civilians still suffering in places like misrata and tripoli and elsewhere, is nato doing enough? joining us now from benghazi is ben wedeman. also, retired general mark kimmitt, former assistant secretary of state for political affairs during the bush administration and currently executive vice president of advanced technology systems company, a defense contracting firm. and jill dougherty at the state department. general, the u.n. mandate says protect civilians. it's a broad mandate but does ...

That is, after all, the u.n. mandate. but in the city of misurata, gadhafi forces continue to shell and use snipers in an attempt to regain control. for weeks we watched civilians in misurata die as opposition forces try to fight back. the city has been surrounded for seven weeks now and units have called the situation for people there grave and deteriorating. late last month, president obama handed the mission over to nato saying america would shift to a supporting role. >> but for those who doubted our capacity to carry out this operation, i want to be clear, the united states of america has...

Gradually that gadhafi's forces are trying to push in. i was on the phone with somebody yesterday, and really it makes your hair stand on end when you hear the conditions there. and because it's an urban area, it's much more difficult for any plane, nato or otherwise, to put a stop to that slow strangulation of misrata. >> general kim met, to ben's point about misrata, we've been watching for seven weeks as civilians have been killed in that city. they continue to shell into that city. they use snipers on buildings according to opposition forces who i've talked to on the ground, who ben has ta...