other nations, italy are now involved, canada, gives us the kind of cover we did not have in 2003 against saddam hussein? well, i think we did have cover. let me ask you this, geraldo, who is in charge? geraldo: that is an excellent question. i think we are and i think that we will continue to be even if we very publicly give over command to some nonamerican command. that is what worries me. you can t run this kind of operation politically or militarily by committee and the logical order of battle here is for the united states to be in command. that does not seem to be what the president wants, number one. number two, he keeps saying that his objective is protection of the libyan people. geraldo: let s get number
the small mission on the ground, that is something different. but we geraldo: do you think he is taking advantage already with his call to the libyan people to defeat the crusader invaders? well, i think qaddafi has been lying to the people for the last 42 years and then just responding and making big lies when said that the former minister, he quit the position and he joined in the gain. and then he came out and the former came out and he just said that. i think people they don t take the position of qaddafi serious any more. and we expect all of these lies to happen and i think the international community they are are aware of that. geraldo: i want to by the end of the season i want to get a con street statement from you on what exactly you would request of the international community, mr. ambassador because presumably you will be part of a new libyan government
former united states ambassador to the united nations. ambassador bolton you coat welcome, first of all. you said that the administration approach to this crisis is pathetic. would you modify that statement in light of the massive strike today against the forces of qaddafi? no, i think our military has performed magnificently as it typically does. the idea of enforcing a no fly zone i think made a lot of sense 30 days ago when it may have tipped the balance against qaddafi and allowed the rebels to eliminate him from power entirely. i still five territories today but im i still favor it today. we are in a situation of potential confusion where our forces could be at risk and not obtain what i think is the clear objective we should be having which is removing qaddafi from power. geraldo: don t you think the fact that the french, the british, the arab emrates,
jamming devices, electronic jamming devices and use their tomahawks to eliminate the communication nodes as well as the air defense system. it is ironic that it is the same air defense issues tell, the sa 5, the soviet era air defense system that saddam hussein had exactly 8 years ago when coalition forces invaded iraq. geraldo? geraldo: jen, i will speak to you later. exactly 8 years ago, folks. the bitter irony and the same air defense system we faced when we set out with our shock and awe campaign. a superb panel and they willle be with us most of the next two hours. before i introduce them i want to go state strait straight to retired four star general tom mcinerney. they didn t heed our advice. the thing has started. give us your assessment. listening to everything geraldo, the listeners and viewers have to understand the u.s. navy is the combined joint force commander, the commander
brits do not have stealth aircrafts. if you had the f-22s in there you would not have had to do this. the fact it because they will bear the brunt for a lot of reasons, and they can probably talk to you more about the political reasons than i can, the french and the bits are leading this and they will be flying the come pat air patrol and apparently are going to be flying ground attack missions. this is where it will get dicey because we are going to need to have assets like global hawk there that can help differentiate between the revolutionaries as they call themselves and qaddafi s forces. geraldo: general, let me with an irregular heartbeat