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There are far greater national security interests going on particularly when you look throughout the region. libya is just not -- which is why i think you're seeing this appearance of a completely inconsistent policy. president obama himself in announcing that we were going to be doing military strikes was very -- at the same time he says we're going to war says, it's not going to be long, only a few days, not weeks. you know, you definitely get this sort of push/pull type of feeling, which i think -- >> jim miklaszewski, you've covered presidents and pentagons. here was candidate obama on thi...

It is quite fragmented and not historically a unified country. so one possible outcome is that it breaks in two. >> thank you so much for giving us your thoughts on libya. we'll continue to watch what's happening in libya, and at the top of the hour we're expecting an update on operation odyssey dawn live from the pentagon. we'll have that for you in our continuing coverage right here on msnbc. brendan and john were beach volleyball players who turned their passion into a year-round activity. they created the sand box, the only indoor volleyball facility in new england. they're at tracking...

President has in projecting american values is that he first of all believes in a multilateral policy. on that score, he has really accomplished that. this was pretty remarkable bringing this whole coalition together and getting the arab league. but the problem of american interest is not resolved. our interest, as has been said, lies in bahrain and saudi arabia, and there is the conflict that i think we're about to face. bahrain, it's already in the streets. saudi arabia repressed and paid off by economic interest domestically. but that's the crisis. you'll have leadership changes there with ...

Would he have heard reports that they were backing away from the criticism you've heard earlier. there was a suggestion that they do support the air strikes but are just concerned about the civilian casualties and trying to get the information about the extent of that. the allied forces have been saying that of course there could be collateral damage, but at this point there are no confirmed reports of significant civilian casualties happening on the ground as of yet. but that is the key thing we're keeping track of. it's difficult to know what's happening in libya. but there is every indicati...

Right on the head there, it's a major discussion point today as we watch the air rat league and their response and discuss their continued support for u.n. resolution 1973 or not. thank you for hitting all the points there . and we were looking at a picture of president obama getting an update right before he went to that speech in brazil that we were broadcasting here for you on msnbc about an hour ago watch getting his upupdates on what was happening in libya and qatar now has aircraft involved in what was happening in the no fly zone in libya. we'll continue our conversation with edward wal...