Libya’s political chaos has left little room for the reconciliation that many residents see as necessary for peace. Few places feel that more than Tarhuna, where a murderous band of brothers reigned for years.
After more than a decade of chaos and war, fed-up Libyans are clamoring for peace and making clear they’ve had enough violence: “We want to taste life, not death.”
hi. patti: so you compare that poll with the very next poll, which actually says that the fewer people agree with our initial u.s. military involvement in libya. more people say obama s response was good, but fewer agree with our initial involvement. how do you make sense of that? there is two different time frames. he s got a nice bounce in the polls from the last week because the mission was accomplished. gadhafi, people expected that he would be removed there power. people were waiting for this. it put a nice way to wrap up the military aspect of this. the other question about the decision to get involved, the president never convinced the american people that the national security interest of our country would stay here. one in four ever believed that. americans overwhelmingly say there is no reason to send u.s. troops abroad unless our interests are at stake. gregg: scott, let s switch to campaign 2012. how is the president stacking up against some of the leading gop
according to cable he had been receiving treatments for cancer since 2009. patti: some banks are being told to take bigger losses on greek debt. a new report suggesting the white house some may be up to 60%. new era in libya. celebrating the downfall of a dictator and declaring the liberation tomorrow but the road ahead could be a bumpy one. rick grenel the spokesman for the last four ambassadors to the united nations. rick good to talk to you. how difficult is it going to be to establish some asemblance of democracy there, mahmoud ga bril talked a lot about democracy but in reality? i think it s really going to
bobby jindal facing opposition from nine competitors. the voting booth will be open until 9:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. gregg: libya s new leaders now hours away from declaring total victory. it will mark the end of an eight-month rel onagainst the country s long time leader, moammar gadhafi, who was killed on thursday. patti: in his weekly radio address today, president obama touted his decision to withdraw all u.s. troops from iraq by the end of the year. now he says the nation must turn its focus to the u.s. economy. over the past decade, we spent a trillion dollars on war, borrowed heavily from overseas, and invested too little in the greatest source of our national strength, our own people. now the nation we need to build is our own. we have to tackle this challenge with the same urgency and the same unity that our troops brought to their fight. that s why we have to do everything in our power to get our economy moving again. that s why i m calling on