libya s transition must proceed in a spirit of reconciliation and justice, not retribution or reprisal. today world leaders debating the future of libya 42 years after gadhafi first took power. in paris secretary of state hillary clinton and other world leaders met with the leaders of libya s national transitional council. even russia acknowledged the rebel s transitional government as libya s ruling and legitimate thoert, but gadhafi remains defiant. in a radio address today he insisted he won t surrender and anti-gadhafi forces forced ga doff into hiding after taking control of tripoli 12 daysç ag. they re giving loyalists an extra week to negotiate surrender. director of analysis for a global consulting company advising government and multi-nationals and sergeant gohill for the asia-pacific foundation. welcome. ree rieva, let me start with you. what about the meeting today in
witnessed also the emergence of major cleavages with the opposition. the assassination, brutal, cold assassination of weren t of the top military commanders of the rebels by a rebel unit tells you a great deal about the lack of unity in the opposition of the rebels and also it tells you a great deal about how ga doff hey been able to survive for as long as he has in the last six months. all right. fawaz and reva, thanks for the lightning tour. we ll spend more time on the israeli/palestinian question which obviously is not going away way. thanks for sharing your thoughts today. ed president is focused on jobs but will the crises over seas throw another wrench in his plans? and shouldn t he be able to walk and chew gum at the same time? we ll talk about that next. coming up on hardball, iowa fight night. the battle between the two leaders of the republican party. uh, forgot jack s cereal. [ jack ] what s for breakfast? um.
around 20 miles to the west of benghazi, and it was there that gadhafi had launched his military. remember, on saturday he already launched and attack on benghazi that kill 95 people. the air strikes that took place the following day, sunday, really brought his military regime to a grinding halt. the carnage stretched for about as far as the eye could see. we have counted 70 burned damaged military vehicles ranging from armored personnel carriers to tanks with turrets blown off. many were surveying damage and everybody expressing gratitude to the international community. many people telling us they firmly believe had there not been this type of intervention they would have all been eventually mat kerred by ga doff massacred by gadhafi s military forces. they feel they can finally sleep
onboard with instituting the no-fly zone. definitely against ground troops and the president said repeatedly, including on saturday, he has no plans to put combat troops in libya. another number is beneath the surface worth looking at, which is how important is it to remove moammar gadhafi from power? only 34% say it s very important to remove him from power. when we did a poll like this in 2002, 60% 60% said it was very important to remove saddam hussein from power. so less than, far less than the majority of americans are saying it s very important to remove colonel gadhafi from power, significant, because one of the big questions president obama will get today and in days ahead as well is, what is the end game? how important is it to remove ga doff fri power? remember, before this military campaign started this president made it very clear he wanted gadhafi to go. has there been response from the president and the white house? i know the president is certainly taking a lot of