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We're with the people, we're not with gadhafi any longer, this man is torturing and doing terrible things. when up until last week, they were apologists for his regime and his sons have been parading around in silk suits having parties with beyonce and usher and mariah carry, paying them millions of dollars. >> we've been saying, is anyone paying attention to this? why doesn't anyone realizing who they're dealing with. i think what we were talking about earlier tonight about the regime now and the fact that e the -- both the sons have now said there's going to be rivers of blood flowing in the...

He's indulged, he would turn europe black, he would unleash on europe floods of african immigrants. so this man has played the game to perfection, and let's not forget that. >> there's an important distinction with mubarak and saddam hussein. libya and gadhafi has killed americans and attacked americans and attacked british soil. that makes a big distinction. and how he should be treated and addressed. >> it's got to outrage you to hear these libyan diplomats now, the libyan ambassador to the u.s., representatives of the u.n., now all of a sudden saying we're with the people, we're not with ga...

Standard of common decency. this violence must stop. the change that is taking place across the region is being driven by the people of the region. this change doesn't represent the work of the united states or any foreign power. it represents the aspirations of people who are seeking a better life. as one libyan said, we just want to be able to live like human beings. we just want to be able to live like human beings. it is the most basic of aspirations. that is driving this change, and throughout this time of transition, the united states will continue to stand up for freedom, stand up for j...

Most of its existence under gadhafi. it has been under sanctions for most of its existence. gadhafi doesn't care about that. is he brutal. he is thuggish and has oil revenues which he has used to pay himself and his army. so much less immune -- much less vulnerable to pressure than any of those other countries and you can see it by his defiant last stand. >> he's been able to be defiant and go rogue because of the oil is what i'm hearing you say, but then there's the question over what can the white house, what can president obama do or say. i want to play a snippet from when the president spo...

Get their hands on. >> let's hope it doesn't come to that. ben wedeman, thank you for the reports. please stay safe. join the live chat at "ac360." you can't talk about the region without talking about oil. tom friedman talks about an addiction to oil. keep it coming and keep it cheap and the world will turn a blind eye to what's going on in the region. that's what he said our policy basically has been over the years. we'll talk to him coming up. more insight on libya's uprising from dr. fouad ajami jill dougherty on the evacuation of americans. and brian flynn, a man whose brother was kille...