tactics will he use to retaliate? he may blow up airliners, massacre people. if you say the guy's got to go and you're the president of the united states and the super power, he's got to go. >> i do agree with that. do i think in terms of getting collective action, support from around the world and waiting him out, there has been a methodical approach to this. >> sam stein. >> he was diligent. mika's right about this. he was diligent and thoughtful of going through the process of getting the support, making it an international mission. the means, the end game wasn't defined. we're in this middle ground where we are engaged in regime change but we're not going to say it. >> kelly? >> what's interesting is what you're saying about if you don't go further, what are the consequences? if you look back in history, you have some republicans talking about what happened in '19, leaving saddam hussein in power after the gulf war. i think on the world stage it is obama versus gadhafi. it's not sarkozy. it's not the prime minister of