young men now need medical rehab prosthetics because they have been injured in war. the cost of rebuilding the country has gone exponentially high. if the united states had gotten engaged earlier and agroively what happened last week would have happened months ago and cost a lot less money and a lot less uncertainty. here is what else happened thousands of shoulder fired rockets have gone missing. now they are cable capable of shuttle down an airplane. >> libyans didn't want that. >> shepard: you would have done harder. >> earlier. if the rebels had had a no spin zone when they asked for it this thing would have been over. >> you wanted action quicker but not necessarily any more military presence? >> not on the ground. nato has limited capabilities. the british and the french work very hard and they did a very good job. they don't have the weaponry we have. if they had stayed in that effort a little bit longer this thing would have ended sooner as well. >> bill: you were watching the republic debates, haven't you.