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Have started the world with libya. bernard henri levy was instrumental in convincing his president that france had to act. we will bring in a panel to talk about the rebel, cia's involvement in libya. richard haass and rob baer. is al qaeda in libya? we'll talk to a libyan former al qaeda commander. and finally, we'll take a last look at robots at war. i'll explain. first, let's talk for a moment about the koran burning in florida and its consequences. most americans are repulsed by the offensive actions of pastor terry jones a publicity seeking extremist. they must wonder how an isolated act ...

President for action against gadhafi. richard haass, who has been skeptical about this intervention from the start. from washington we're joined by "the new york times" reporter, robert worth who wrote today's cover story on libya. and from berkeley, california, bob baer, spent years in the middle east and africa. welcome all. you found yourself in -- you were in egypt. you heard about what was going on in libya and went to libya and chartered a plane and met the opposition and then ended up to take them to see sarkozy. at that meeting with you, the libyan opposition leaders and sarkozy, what ...

And we are back with bernard henri levy and bob baer and robert worth and richard haass. richard haass mentioned the problem is libya is taking up so much air time we're not talking enough or thinking enough about egypt, saudi arabia, bahrain. you're all experts on so many of these countries. robert worth, your last "new york times" cover story was about yemen. they are going through a fascinating problem where the president seems to have decided that he can't hold on to power but his family is holding out for the best possible deal maker yet. are we in a stage where we're discussing how many ...

Region, that would be an enormous net plus for america foreign policy. >> bob baer, when you see reports about the libyan opposition, importing generals from virginia, these are guys you know. what does that tell you? >> well, bringing kalif back, he is an old man by now, that tells me a lot. he is an old man by now. he was named a commander at some point, there's a division between the former interior minister and him. it's completely -- this forest cannot take tripoli as it stands now. the possibility of training these people could take years and years. and even at that, i'm not certain of i...