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American people very clearly what the american interest is here and what we're doing to advance it. the president spoke robustly about libya in the days and weeks before this intervention, but then when we intervened, the president has been relatively silent. >> there's a good reason for that. look, i wanted him to move into libya quicker as well. but do you know what happened? it turns out behind the scenes, he was organizing allies. it's better to go in with allies than go in unilaterally. >> but cenk, let me say something about that. our allies madelear that,n fact, we were the ones who we ...

That? >> i think the president should get our support in what is a military intervention in another country. i think, yes, we're to congratulate our servicemen and women andur prede from evti aascr ngzi buye multilateralism is quite important, but we need to be clear about tradeoffs, cenk. and the fact is that earlier intervention as you acknowledged would have had more impact here. the fact is that right now, the rebels control only this eastern slice of libya when, in fact, they previously controlled much of western libya. there was a tradeoff in there. >> no question about that. inging the ...

Now, is our response perfect? of course not. can we stop the killing or oppression of all people throughout the world? of course not. but we are on the right road. we are on the road to justice and we should. rightfully proud of that. joining me is former senior director of middle east at the national security council. also joining me is the anwar sadat center of peace and development. in libya, are we on the right road here? have we prevented massacres and is that already a form of victory in terms of the road of justice that i just laid out? >> look, there's no question. i think if you look ...

This man says overnight airstrikes weren't enough to disable gaddafi forces on the outskirts of ajdabiyah. there are reports of heavy shelling and gateway of eastern and western libya. but rebels seem confident that the troops are weakening. in eastern libya, rick leventhal, fox news. pro-democracy rallies throughout the middle east have drawn different responses from the governments they're trying to oust. with some leaders promising to change their way. the protesters have not been swayed. reena ninan surveys the scene. >> leaders across the arab world are so worried about losing power the...

Coalition forces continue to pound those loyal to gaddafi. the national correspondent jennifer griffin explains why cit exit is likely not in cards. >> good evening. on day seven of the operation over libya, command of the operation still in question and not likely to be settled before sunday at the earliest. >> a transition process that will take through the weekend, more allied pilots begone taking the lead to strike forces on the ground. this was released by the british defense ministry. according to a senior nato official, representative of the coalition do not plan to meet in brussels unt...