should be removed for the greater benefit of the country, eventually, after a solution can be figured out. in another part of the middle east, richard, more honesty about the post-gadhafi reality. reporter: he talked about libya and he brought us back to that benghazi moment. if you remember, and a lot of people don t exactly remember how and what the rationale given at the time for launching the libya war, the libya war had been going on for sometime and rebels primarily in the benghazi area were fighting against the gadhafi government and the gadhafi government making a massive counter offensive with advancing toward benghazi. gadhafi threatening to flatten the city and kill the people inside he was calling rock coaches and when will a nato participation the u.s. got involved, bombing gadhafi s
outright confusion. these are live pictures near moammar gadhafi s compound. there have been heavy battles raging around this building. carloads of people have been streaming out of the libyan capital. we want to bring in retired general james spider marks. if you could, tell us about what you are watching, what you are seeing. what do you make of the pictures? with the low level flying that is taking place, bombing gadhafi s compound? suzanne, what you see is obviously a representation of chaos and confusion on the ground. the fact that civilians are fleeing, coming out of tripoli should not be surprising. the rebels are about to force gadhafi s complete departure in some way. that may take hours, that may take days. we still could be a week or so away. but that type of confusion, of what happens next gets folks very, very nervous. they ve got the opportunity now to get out of town, and you re going to see them get out of town and let this thing settle out. i think you l
as we mentioned nato air strikes hit the compound of libyan leader moammar gadhafi. gadhafi survived, but the latest attack raises the question, is nato trying to kill gadhafi? the obama administration said today, it is not u.s. or coalition policy to assassinate gadhafi to bring about regime change, but some u.s. lawmakers are coming pretty close to advocating just that. here is republican senator lindsey graham. my recommendation to nato and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off. go to tripoli and start bombing gadhafi s inner circle, and their compounds and their military headquarters in tripoli. joining us now with his take on the delicate issue and others, former nato supreme allied commander george jawin.
united states needs to go after gadhafi directly. it is leading to a military stalemate. right now there is just not enough momentum by the rebels even if they re better armeded to break through. there is not deep support for gadhafi, so my recommendation to nato and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off. go to tripoli, start bombing gadhafi inner circle, their compounds, their military headquarters in tripoli. cut off the head of the snake. senator joe lieberman also called for a more aggressive approach, but praised president obama for his use of predator drones in the region. we re in the fight and the political goal is to get gadhafi out and to help the freedom fighters achieve their own independence for libya. you can t get into a fight with one foot. you ve got to get into it. and, therefore, i think the use of our predator drones which have extraordinary capabilities was the right thing to do and i
kevin, we are sorry for your loss here, but we appreciate the hard work you re doing for all of us here. kevin, thank you, sir. appreciate it. thanks, thomas. troops loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi have been relentlessly shelling a rebel held city and two of moammar gadhafi s seven sons may be helping to negotiate a deal to push their fare out of power. the new york times says one of the sons would then lead a constitutional democracy. the u.s. has agreed to keep bombing gadhafi s forces today answering a last-minute nato request. later this afternoon, the plan is for france and britain to take the lead. nbc s jim maceda has more for us from tripoli. reporter: well, fighting in bragr has entered its sixth day. no indication that either side are making any kind of significant ground. neither side has taken braga.