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Sarkozy. >> what do you make of the speech? >> i support the policy. i thought the speech was muddled and unclear. hard to give a war speech about limits. subm i'm sympathetic about what they want to do. they are putting a thumb on the scale of a civil conflict between a dictator who stays in power with force and not much po popular support destabilizing the region and our values are with the rebels and interests are not just to stop gadhafi. even a stalemate he loses in the end. we have to align our policy to this amazing resurgence going on. the demographics align this in a meaningful way in...

Military means could avert a further catastrophe in those countries. it's a broader statement about foreign policy and not just military protection. >> this is also a statement that if you break it you own it need not necessarily apply. john dickerson wrote this is not an obama doctrine, it's a libya doctrine only. >> well, it does seem to be very focused on that. it's not addressing everything going on in the whole middle east. the other difference, contrast to iraq, france is in the lead here. france is not sitting on the sidelines complaining. >> this is oil interest. can you expect france ...

Controller on duty dozed off. >> arthel: and big developments in libya. rebels there giving credit to international air support as they retake a key city near the mediterranean coast. we're going to get a live report from tripoli in a moment. >> rick: first, president obama taking up the u.s. military operation in libya in his weekly address, fending off criticism from both sides of the political aisle over this thing. the comments setting the stage for a bigger address from the president monday. that's when he will formally speak to the nation on u.s. actions in libya. molly henneberg is live...

Occasion to retrash george w. bush for getting us into the war in the first place, you saw a lot of those clips. so, it was kind of a no-win situation for obama. it wasn't ever his issue. he had to be careful not to be triumphant and have another mission accomplished moment and i think the press didn't really know what to make of it. >> there was the sort of weird turn where he starts talking about the economy. i guess, taking a war speech and turning it into, you know, i feel your pain, was that reflected in the coverage? >> well, yeah, because i think that most people found it almost a littl...

>> bill: i always have a problem with this. >> i always want entertainment. you want dancing girls. >> bill: if i wanted entertainment, i would fire you and get somebody else in. >> there that's very funny. [ laughter ] >> bill: here is my problem. i watched the guy on campaign trail, he was elvis. hope and change and we're and that and the place was going wild, all right? and he was talking about serious things. >> don't have dancing girls. becker live fountain. >> bill: that's what he was doing. >> it's a war speech. >> bill: what i'm telling you is he has changed his demeanor. still talking...