american public. you know you have an increasingly inquisitive united states congress and even more importantly to arwa damon's point. >> yes. the commander in chief, before you commit to troops, commit the nation. and this case he committed and has to build public support for the long haul. in the event this goes badly and there's a stalemate, gadhafi stays in power, he's got to have the public and congress behind him for the longer haul. this is his moment to do that. he does it through a clear speech about what his goals are and what is going to unfold in the next few weeks. >> dick burns, he has said, his goals under absolutely no