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Depend how long the intervention lasts and what its consequences are, whether it works. what libya looks like when this is all over. joining us now for some insight into that, richard engel, nbc news chief foreign correspondent. thank you for joining us. appreciate having you here. >> reporter: always a pleasure. i am not in front of the camera, we are having some technical difficulties. i wish you had included in that long list of wars all of the wars associated with the war on terrorism as it is often called, the drone strikes in pakistan, the drone strikes in yemen, in somalia. the list goe...

It will be about helping the people of bosnia to secure their own peace agreement. our mission will be limited, focused, and under the command of an american general. >> on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan. >> my fellow citizens, at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. >> you know, those were just the ones they announced. we did those chro...

Mile from where i'm standing in the direction of qadhafi's compound. those explosions returned immediately with anti-aircraft fire. coalition forces have knocked out most of the fixed positions of anti-aircraft defenses in libya. some of those mobile guns still very much in operation, firing up from five or six different points. as far as fighting on the ground, there have been gains by the rebels. one week allege it look like they were it of luck. they have regathered now, thanks to support from that no-fly zone and have moved out from benghazi. they are advancing to towns they had lost. qadh...

>> thanks for having me. >> greta: more of our interview with senator mccain gretawire.com. >> former governor pawlenty is here. he has harsh words for president obama's response to libya. >> israel, our ally and good friend faces trouble tonight. the uncertainty of the region is a nightmare for israel. israeli defense minister ehud bar rock joins us. plus live to yemen where the unthinkable just happened. 50 protesters gunned down. the president is still in power, but hanging by a thread. this is a country where the christmas day bomber plotted his attack on the united states. what does this ...

Slaughter on the part of qadhafi's troops. he's not known to be a very decent person. so, i see it as a maybe just in time and now we have two other cities, you know, i'm not good at libyan names, both are in very serious condition. i think we need to try to move to relieve the pressure of qadhafi's forces there as well. >> greta: how do we distinguish between libya going there and doing this military action for instance bahrain and yemen? you have similar situations where there are horrible things going on with protesters? >> i think the main thing is qadhafi obviously is a person who had alr...