who -- such as al qaeda that will come back and also be a problem to the security of our country. that's a major issue for us. >> i have to ask you here, congressman, about what the standard is for american intervention because a lot of people watching this, what's happening in libya, are saying, wait a minute, 52 people were shot dead in the streets of yemen on friday. we have same thing happening in syria, in bahrain. if this is about a moral stand, if it is a humanitarian mission, why not there? what's the difference? what should people know about that distinction? >> i think there is a big difference. the number one difference is moammar gadhafi himself and the fact that he has been killing his own people. the fact, as you pointed out before, that he has conducted terrorist acts before that. so number one, as i am repeating myself, but we have to protect those individuals. if we did not come in, the coalition did not come in when they did, i think gadhafi would have overtaken the opposition and there would have been a lot of carnage that was there.