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Aircraft, you you can do mortar getting compared to what you do with high flying fighters and bombers. as president obama addressed the nation on day ten of the american involvement in this war in libya, the multi lateral character of the intervention, the international nature of war was sort of his point. the u.s. would not be the lead in libya, but the international character of the intervention was a key reason why he committed the u.s. to this at all, and why he thought it was a good idea. >> america cannot use our military wherever repression occurs. given the costs and risks of intervent...

Moreover, even after gadhafi leaves power, 40 years of tyranny has left libya fractured, and without strong civil institutions. the transition to a legitimate government that is responsive to the libyan people will be a difficult task. and while the united states will do our part to help, it will be a task for the international community and more importantly a task for the libyan people themselves. >> so the united states wants gadhafi gone. the united states will not use military force to force him out. if gadhafi is ousted, the u.s. will participate in efforts to stabilize libya, but the u.s...

But what about after that? what then? what now? by all counts, the only reason the rebels are holding ground in libya at this point, the only reason they are advancing on tripoli tonight we are told is because of that international air power. it is not like we stepped in to prevent a massacre, then backed off. the rebels utterly depend on u.s. and coalition support indefinitely, as long as gadhafi survives. if the u.s. and the rest of the international coalition left and gadhafi was still there, what do you think would happen to the rebels? the rebels could go any sent on dependence on interna...

International community decided to step in with force. it was a decision president obama referenced directly tonight in terms of the dramatic nature of its timing. >> we knew that if we waited one more day, benghazi, a city nely the size of charlotte could suffer a massae tt would have reverb ated across theeasoning and and stained the conscience of the world. it was not in our national interest to let that happen. i refused to let that happen. and so nine days ago after consulting the bipartisan leadership of congress, i authorized military action to stop the killing and enforce un security c...

Of the republican foreign relations committee in the house. at the end of february she said the u.s. should enforce a no-fly zone in libya. two weeks later, the president said we would do just that. so then she did an immediate 180, questioned why we needed that no-fly zone she used to like the idea of, because she said no national security interests were at stake. same for the senator on the armed services committee. three weeks ago, buck mccann went after the president for in his words doing nothing on libya. then president obama announced that we will intervene in libya, which prompted mr. ...