leading from behind. martha: bob beckel is former democratic campaign manager, andrea tantaros, daily columnist and both cohosts of the five . this is a serious subject and something that a lot of people are concerned about in this country now. bob, what s your take on the white house s stance on this and what mitt romney had to say. this is a classic amateur of example of an amateur not knowing what he s talking about, mitt romney talking about not providing leadership and the next question is what would you do specifically about it. the idea of us getting involved militarily in syria will make afghanistan look like an invasion of the grand caymans. this is a complicated, complex, international situation. the united states is doing things. they re doing sanctions, they are leading the fight in the u.n. but in the end the question is do we or do we not commit military resores and if mitt romney thinks that s a good idea, frankly he s way out of his league.
the ground and stop it from attacking its own people. mike emanuel, live from the white house, what s the latest on this no fly zone idea? it s interesting, we ve heard the president talk about humanitarian concerns about libya, we heard him condemn the violence, taking about what nato is considering. here s the president: in the meantime, we ve got nato, as we speak, consulting in brussels around a wide range of potential options, including potential military options. in response to the violence that continues to take place inside of libya. reporter: yesterday his chief of staff saying people talk about a no fly zone. it s not a video game. and secretary of defense gates has been outspoken in terms of being against the idea because of the tremendous commitment of military resores and putting american lives at risk so it is quite a dilemma at the white house and we ject jay carney, the white house secretary, to get questions on this when he briefs us.