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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 ...

Libyan civilians still suffering in places like misurata 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 during the bush administration and 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 it lack clarity? for some it could mean taking out tanks and artillery pieces, they're shelling cities. for others it means a...

They don't have the guns that the a-10s and ac130s. again, i think we've got to take a hard look at the targeting guidance that's being given in the operations. quite frankly, they're using the same combined air operations that the americans were using when they were running these at unilateral operations. unless there's been a change in the guidance and rules of engagement, there should be no reason other than external factors such as weather that would cause the nato aircraft to be less effective than the american aircraft of a week ago. >> and yet ben is saying the weather has been fine the...

Overhead, the chances of an air strike don't seem to be very high. so i think we're safe. but we shall see. anderson? >> general kimmet, you heard ben's assessment. today nato said we've eliminated 30% of gadhafi's forces. but the opposition forces around brega say they're not working there. >> well, i think ben is exactly right on a couple of points. it may be partially due to the weather. it may be part of the fact that nato is getting its feet on the ground, so to speak, and is just starting to get familiar with the area of operations. we sort of have to ask nato the specific question, have...

Situation on the ground. is nato delivering on its mission or falling short? today nato said we've eliminated 30% of gadhafi's forces. but the opposition forces around brega say they're not working there. >> well, i think ben is exactly right on a couple of points. it may be partially due to the weather. it may be part of the fact that nato is getting its feet on the ground, so to speak, and is just starting to get familiar with the area of operations. we sort of have to ask nato the specific question, have there been any changes to the targeting guidance that has been given to the aircraft so...