have to work that out. the fact is we don t have particular ties with anybody in the libyan picture, and we will have to at least adjust to whatever the outcome may be. but as far as we re concerned, as secretary gates said, it is not of vital interest to the united states, american interests are not at stake, and we clearly have already done much more than our part with regard to the no-fly zone, with regard to european friends. will it require more funds from the government for this military operation? of course. and that s what i stated from the beginning. there has to be objectives and a plan and an agreement that we re prepared to devote military forces and also the money. it makes no sense in the front room where in congress we are debating seemingly every day the deficits, the debt ceiling situation coming up, the hug ecom pbls vbu in t bk room we are spending had money on a military