56% of americans support the u.s. participating with a coalition. supporters drop to 45% with u.s. going alone with a no fly. people are told it involves bombings and air patrols, 1 out of 4 drops out, but still a majority sticks with it. i guess you could argue the american people are divided although relatively hawkish on this one. do you believe they understand the ramifications of going into another country and enforcing a no fly? i think the international support you re talking about is unrealistic. if you look at france and britain supporting this but germany is skeptical within nato. turkey, a key country within nato, is against it. and russia and china will oppose it in the security council. putting it under banner of an international organization which we did in bosnia is not going to happen.
so is secretary of defense gates. he s made it very, very clear that he thinks it s a bad idea even the no-fly zone let alone direct military involvement. it s state versus defense among other things. here s the american people. the new the washington post /abc poll. 56% of americans support the u.s. participating with a coalition. supporters drop to 45% with u.s. going alone with a no fly. people are told it involves bombings and air patrols, it drops. i guess you could argue the american people are divided although relatively hawkish on this one. do you believe they understand the ramifications of going into another country and then forcing a no fly? i think the international support you re talking about is unrealistic.
coalition. supporters drop to 45% with u.s. going alone with a no fly. people are told it involves bombings and air patrols, 1 out of 4 drops out, but still a majority sticks with it. i guess you could argue the american people are divided although relatively hawkish on this one. do you believe they understand the ramifications of going into another country and enforcing a no fly? i think the international support you re talking about is unrealistic. if you look at france and britain supporting this but germany is skeptical within nato. turkey, a key country within nato, is against it. and russia and china will oppose it in the security council. putting it under banner of an international organization which we did in bosnia is not going to happen. what about arab league? i love the fact that they backed us in the first iraq war, though i didn t back it. the arab league did. i thought lugar was smart.
moving into the mediterranean. obama administration considering no-fly zones and air patrols to protect libyan citizens. qadhafi has seen the u.s. freeze 30 billion dollars in libyan assets. treasury department saying it is largest amount ever frozen by u.s. sanctions. wore the debt toll of new zealand s quake could reach 240. no number on how much are still missing. that killer quake destroying the center of the city of christchurch. nationwide moment of silence was held today. i m ainsley earhart now back to on the record. greta: did you hear about the governors here in washington? it is the national governors association semiannual meeting in washington. they get wined and dined at the white house. also time for serious talk, including about our nation s health care law.
the u.s. moving ships and planes closer to libya now. and the obama administration considering no-fly zones and air patrols to protect libyan citizens. and a defiaunt muammar al-qaddafi saying america is not the international police of the world. the gun used to kill a u.s. immigration agent in mexico has been traced to a man in dallas. officer zapata was killed in a road block on february 15. the man link to the gun, taken into custody on monday. he was arrested along with two other suspected gun smugglers and in a raid by atf agents in a dallas suburb. we now return to on the record. thanks for watching. washington? it is the national governors association semiannual meeting in washington. they get wined and dined at the white house. also time for serious talk, including about our nation s health care law.