we don t know. what happens if gadhafi gets forced out? and the regime cracks, they turn on him and assassinate him? what s the united states role going to be in building a new libya? i thought that was left cloudy, and is going to continue the debate. give president obama his due. on the most important issue that he had to face tonight, why he went in. i thought he made a very, very strong case. i agree with fouad and ann marie on that. ari, do you believe he left too many things unsaid? or would that be too broad a speech to make at this point? i think it s not necessarily the things unsaid, it s the problems on the ground are tremendous still. because i think the likelihood is, we are going to end up in a stalemate. the tricky thing here is, when you have a president that does the right thing, but does it four weeks too late, can you really say it is the right thing. this is something that should have been done four weeks ago, when it was really likely that the rebels by virtue
on the most important issue that he had to face tonight, why he went in. i thought he made a very, very strong case. i agree with fouad and ann marie on that. do you believe he made many things unsaid? i think it s not necessarily the things unsaid, it s the problems on the ground are tremendous still. because i think the likelihood is, we are going to end up in a stalemate. the tricky thing here is, when you have a president that does the right thing, but does it four weeks too late, can you really say it is the right thing. this is something that should have been done four weeks ago, when it was really likely that the rebels by virtue of america s action could have tipped the scales, and made gadhafi think the time is up, he needs to get out of there. i have a hard time seeing that happen now. this finish ends up in a stalemate. the rebels will make what limited progress they can make. i think the other reason we re going to end up in stalemate
debate. give president obama his due. on the most important issue that he had to face tonight, why he went in. i thought he made a very, very strong case. i agree with fouad and ann marie on that. ari, do you believe he left too many things unsaid? or would that be too broad a speech to make at this point? i think it s not necessarily the things unsaid, it s the problems on the ground are tremendous still. because i think the likelihood is, we are going to end up in a stalemate. the tricky thing here is, when you have a president that does the right thing, but does it four weeks too late, can you really say it is the right thing. this is something that should have been done four weeks ago, when it was really likely that the rebels by virtue of america s action could have tipped the scales, and made gadhafi think the time is up, he needs to get out of there. i have a hard time seeing that happen now. i think it s a fight to the finish. and this finish ends up in a stalemate, where g
have been done four weeks ago, when it was really likely that the rebels by virtue of america s action could have tipped the scales, and made gadhafi think the time is up, he needs to get out of there. i have a hard time seeing that happen now. this finish ends up in a stalemate. the rebels will make what limited progress they can make. i think the other reason we re going to end up in stalemate here, the nato sword is nowhere near as sharp as the tip of america s sword. it s good that nato is leading. it also makes it more likely we will have a stalemate. this is the difficulty we face now and why we should have reacted four weeks ago. i m glad he went in. it should have been done much earlier. is it too early to talk about a stalemate? it s too early to go anywhere near there. the question of what happens