it ended up being a very good moment that tomorrow can be the start of a new day and people can create a very different libya. but unfortunately they gave false information, their credibility, at tweeter we were all trying to figure out what was going on. we unfortunately couldn t jump on the bandwagon. robin wright, since april first, this has been the u.s. has been involved in these missions. there have been 1,820 strikes. 145 predator streaks. 397 dropped u.s. strikes from these bombings.
guns and whether the various factions in the opposition, which essentially agreed on one thing, which is they are against gadhafi, whether they can now agree on something positive, the kind of libya they want to bring about. that will be the big test. you were one the skeptics last march. arguing that it wasn t necessarily a role for the u.s., that he with had to worry about the most gadhafi era and didn t know who would be taking over in this tribal area. you have a certain amount of caution, understandable caution and skepticism. i m still not sure this was worth it. knowing what we even knowing what we know now. we ll see what comes of it. so yes, but that said, even though i did not favor this intervention and i m still skeptical. it is in our interest to do everything possible to increase the odds this turns out right and that means getting american advisers there to not help something on the security side but the economics and political side.
play the traditional role inside nato that we had normally done. we demonstrated that nato can do things without the u.s. being the complete lead. i also think it s important whether it took six months or nine months. just the way vali framed this bb he made it look like a military operation. we weren t the only ones. the uae was giving military and training assistance. so, in that sense i think it was a remarkable success in a different model. remember, president obama helped create a tipping point than those revolutionaries could take hold of if they could. but there was no guarantee of success. i think that s a much smarter way to deal with skuculpting. libya faces enormous
hole/tunnel network alive and that he was killed by the rebels. that is what the rebels are saying on the ground. it could be that they didn t have the correct information at first or it could be as you suggested earlier that the rebels are trying to claim credit for actually killing khaddafy. but at this stage there are two very different stories about how he died. and some more consistency to suggest that he is in fact dead. richard, talk about the importance of what kind of impact would it have on the libyan people if it were nato that had killed him versus the new transitional government? the libyans for national pride want to be able to say they kill ced khaddafy. when history is written, people will say, well, the rebels were losing and nato intervened and
mullen took but that s clearly what she is signaling in trying to develop a better relationship because right now the relationship with pakistan in a total mess. she s not only signaling a harder line. i think what you re seeing unfold is a reorientation of the american relationship with pakistan. when you and i covered president bush, he would talk about them as a major nonnato ally, you haven t heard that phrase in a long time and my guess is you won t. you are seeing this administration now move to a policy that is one that cooperate with pakistan on those things where you think you ve got neutral interests and tell the pakistanis that the u.s. will will act unilaterally when they need to. that s what you re seeing them begin to set up about the haqqani network. in libya, is this a complete game changer?