go beyond a well-defined goal, specifically the protection of civilians in libya. let me just be very unambiguous about this. colonel khadafy needs to step down from power and leave. it is time for khadafy to go, now, without further violence or delay. we will continue to work with our partners in the international community to press khadafy to leave and to support the legitimate aspirations of the libyan people. brett: there you see the different statements from the president. we heard also from susan rice. u.s. ambassador to the united nations who now says that khadafy is violation of the u.n. security council resolution. she says that the resolution does not preclude the u.s. from funding or supplying the rebel
forces on the ground. it does talk about protecting civilians which is what the president talked about and emphasized today. the difference between that and regime change is significant. let s bring in our panel, steve hayes, welcome charles lane, editorial writer for washington post and charles drought hammer. the difference between those two things is big. it s significant. what the president did he laid out the path for protecting humanitarian concerns, protecting people on the ground the things he talked about and things that are obvious in this resolution. what he also did was give khadafy a path to stay. after everything the president has said over the past three weeks it was a little surprising that we didn t hear him go further and call for khadafy to go, particularly in light of the fact that it s clear that