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Right now designed for what's called regime change, in other words, getting rid of gadhafi. and that's -- the president minced no words on that. he said that's the u.s. policy. the united nations policy, the united nations resolution, stops way short of that. >> you're absolutely right. in case people missed it, part of the q & a, when he was asked about what ace happening here in libya, we've quickly turned around some of the sound in chile. listen, this is president obama. >> we have done all the work and it was just a matter of seeing how gadhafi would react to the warning i issued on frida...

>> well, we've seen -- that's why this is really unique. because nobody has any love for moammar gadhafi, not even in the arab street. and so that's why the united states is hoping that the arab world really supports them getting rid of moammar gadhafi. we really haven't had anybody in the arab world voicing concern for gadhafi, so that's why they've been reaching out to these arab states. also if you take a look at the resolution, the arabs said they didn't want any foreign intervention. the resolution reads no occupational force. i mean, as we've been talking about, because gadhafi has been ...

Disable air systems. the president says the u.s. will act to support military action by a quote, broad coalition of countries. he says the u.s. will not be deploying ground troops to libya. the president says the us cuss not stand, quote, idley by has gaddafi tacks his own people. >> do you agree with casey mcfarland is that that it's all or nothing now? >> it's interpreting resolution 1973 if the mission is to stop gaddafi from taking benghazi it's been done fu. bu if the mission is about a regime change, let's talk about regime change, means we'll control the air and hit forces on the ground...

Will create a buffer between the east and the west and then it's really unclear what's going to happen. how are they going to help the opposition get rid of gadhafi? we're talking about possibly arming them. there's, you know, a lot -- this resolution is very interesting the way it's written. it's very legalistic. but if you read between the lines, we're talking about possibly arming are the opposition, possibly training the opposition, using all these frozen funds of the libyan regime that the states around the world have been freezing, possibly to support aiding the opposition. and so this n...

This is a broad international effort. the world will not sit idly by while more innocent civilians are killed. the united states will support our allies and partners as they move to enforce resolution 1973. we are standing with the people of libya, and we will not waver in our efforts to protect them. >> as you can imagine, colonel gadhafi sees things differently. he's vowing to defend libya and says he will open up weapons depots to his people. gadhafi called on other islamic nations to stand by him. he spoke on libyan state television soon after the allied attacks began. >> translator: libya...