remember all those who suffered and were lost under qaddafi and look forward to the promise of a new day. >> paul: that was president obama on thursday, reacting to the death of dictator muammar qaddafi and calling it a momentous day in the history of libya. but is it also a vindication of the administration's often criticized policy of leading from behind? let's ask bret stevens and board member matt comiskey. no question a victory for the people of libya, matt. but is it also a victory for the u.s. interest? >> absolutely. it's the u.s. military that led the bombing campaign that turned the tide in the civil war and the europeans were out front, but in fact we provided the drones, the mid air refueling tankers, when the europeans ran out day four of the campaign we quietly surprised them and made this