form of the defection yesterday of mussa cues athe foreign minister and former head of external intelligence, and there are many stories now of other senior libyans who are allegedly on the point of defecting one it seems has defected, one in cairo. that is significant and does indicate cracks in the in the gadhafi circle. i m interested in your take on the military dynamic right now. we seem to be involved in a bit of a seesaw battle, but something that appears to be aproechg a stalemate. is there any way to break out of the stalemate, and if so, what would it require in terms of assistance to the opposition forces? i think there is a military stalemate or very soon it will be a stalemate because the rebel side or the opposition side, whatever we re calling them, don t have the the logistic ability to move large quantities of fuel and ammunition and
i m interested in your take on the military dynamic right now. we seem to be involved in a bit of a seesaw battle, but something that appears to be approaching a stalemate. is there any way to break out of the stalemate, and if so, what would it require in terms of assistance to the opposition forces? i think there is a military stalemate or very soon it will be a stalemate because the rebel side or the opposition side, whatever we re calling them, don t have the the logistic ability to move large quantities of fuel and ammunition and supplies over these very long distances across the desert, which is what they would need to mount a serious attack on gadhafi s position in and around tripoli. and the government side, gadhafi side can t do it because they re liable to be knocked out by air power, by the coalition who will probably not allow them to move
course the intention in misrata. it has done that for now. those tanks have either been destroyed or fled. they could always come back. so the fight may go on. it has been a seesaw battle over some of those key towns so far. greta: steve, thank you. joining us sarah palin. good evening. governor 20/20 hindsight should we have participated in these airstrikes over libya? i think this is turning into much more than just allowing a no-fly zone to be enacted. there s a lot of confusion as it pertains to our foreign policy in libya. that s frustrating for americans certainly for our troops. our troops deserve better. different messages from our president and his advisers as to what it is we are doing there and what the mission is. i think americans are ready to hear what is the mission?
lanouf. joining me live now, mark ginsburg. mr. ambassador, good morning to you. good morning, alex. i m glad you re here. how much do you think the u.s. is concerned about libya and how much is that concern connected to oil? well, the concern about oil translates back to the cost for jet fuel because libya exports probably the sweetest crude of any arab said. europe, of course, is one of the greatest importers of oil from libya. we don t get that much. but what we get is on the jet fuel side and that s why the cost of airline flights may be going up dramatically. number two, as long as the seesaw battle over the desert between the revolutionaries and the gadhafi forces goes on, there s a greater likelihood that the arms that are circulating around the country can fall into the hands of islamic terrorists who are circulating in the country. al qaeda in the has grabbed and infiltrated into libya. it s always been present in the
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