in any of these military interventions, unless america s interests are being challenged. and we need to hear from our president what is our interests there in libya? greta: do we have an interest in libya what is your answer? you know, to whom much is given much is required. america is such a blessed and prosperous nation, we are that beacon of hope for those who seek freedom. yes, i believe it is our responsible to help freedom fighters who do seriously and genuinely want democracy in their countries. they want their human rights. if it is not justified from our commander in chief, if he s not able to explain why consistently we would choose one country over another to intervene, looking at trillion dollar deficits from here to as far as the eye can see, we have to be careful in the wars that we choose to engage in. i do consider this a war. unfortunately, it is becoming
especially in this day and age of america s debt and the road to bankruptcy we are on. we have to be so careful in war it in where it is we choose to intervene. rationale for libya, please mr. president why libya, why not elsewhere? greta: a question i asked governor pawlenty last night and governor romney. gas prices. many americans are paying up to $5 a gallon. if you were president, or if you could do something about it, what exactly would you do? how soon could you get those prices down to something like $4 or less? i never would have done what president obama did. engage in that moratorium after the tragedy in the gulf with the spill. he should have been more sensible in figuring out what the problem was. what the solution was to the gulf spill. not take it out on the rest of the country and prohibit drilling onshore and offshore is what he did. 97% of our offshore area
march 28th, speech on libya. i guess i see a lot of this going back and digging into people s backgrounds, you have been the target of this stuff too. i feel like when are we going to give it a rest and focus on these important issues. ? we you talk about personal background, i guess family matters. i m kind of the poster child for hey lay-off and let s talk about the real issues. for the last three years, every nook and cranny of my life and every stone has been kicked over to find out what makes me tick. i don t think it is unwarranted, this curiosity of some americans to try to find out what goes into the president s thinking we he makes decisions that affect our daily lives. you are right, though that speech that was given on the 28th, concerning libya, that needs to be concentrated on. that brings me back to wanting to know what does go into his
good grades the rest of us, i didn t know. i first thought maybe he was run after birther headlines. and this is a new attempt. i think there s a couple of things going on for donald trump. one is i think his suggestion there not too subtle was that president obama benefitted from affirmative action which is a controversial policy in this country. people are attuned to those things and think is something i don t like. the other thing i think he s trying to do is undermine a lot of the president s credibility. step-by-step what he has said about the birth certificate, countries of origin what he suggested about religion that is the argument he s putting forward. it is very personal to barack obama these days. greta: i m a little surprised. i think a little like a lawyer if he wanted to go after the president in his march 28th, speech he said two things which i almost fell over we i heard on libya. he said no regime change and no boots on the ground. a message to , hang in there
thinking in an issue like libya? why would the commander in chief of the united states military want our troops to be under the control of anybody else? of nato. i want our troops to be under the command of the united states commander in chief. so, when he makes a decision like that, on libya in this case, a couple of weeks ago, people want to know why? what is he thinking? that leads me back to if he could spend the time telling the american people what it is that he engages in, in terms of a thought process and his multitude of advisers. how do they come up with some of these policies? i think we be able to trust our government more and a lot of the stuff that has to do with the disenchantment and disinfranchisement from our government. we want to trust our government. greta: let me ask you a question. i just said the media, i guess i m going to fall into this trap.