part but we shouldn t allow ourselves to get involved in a costly end. that we don t have to do. there are other things. there are actions we can take that aren t exspenceive but secure the national security interest. and we allow them to develop as a country by not being involved at all or just saying we are not going to do it. we at the hands of al-qaeda and the elements in the tnc, the transitionm national counsel we don t know. we know that we have tribal factions that are already starting to stir a little bit. we know that we have ethnic differences starting to stir a little bit. the way you deal with it, is not pulling up and leading completely, because you at least have a voice at the table to smith it out, that you get a better outcome. that would be the wiser choice. it s the least expensive way to do it as well. bret: speaking of which, last thing, the department of defense said the operation in libya had cost roughly $900 million through januar january 31.
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they were dominating the conversation. and maxine waters feels the president was out in the midwest and never stopped to urban environment or talk to my blacks. maxine waters at this moment feels like politics of the day despite the fact that there is an african-american democratic president have gone by her. that is what you are seeing. bret: charles, tea party folks say they struck a nerve. and people are reacting to it, not only on the democratic side but republican side. and the democrats uphold standard of the civil discourse they insisted on since tucson, because she actually only said she wanted them to go to hell. she didn t say they are terrorists, which is the mean that others use, including reportedly vice president of the united states. look, they are very upset pause they lost the debate.
libya is a dictatorship with card army on the long coastline with essentially nothing else. on the doorstep of the mediterranean in reach of american and european naval and air assets. it took six months. it shouldn t have. in tepid it did work. the administration should get work for credit to get us involved though it was late and slow. bret: what about the argument we didn t break it so we don t open it? that s what the supporters are saying. it s not a question of ownership but the interest and future of the region. our interest in the region. we do own it being involved but even if we didn t, america has a huge amount at stake in
we have seen it. we knew it was there. we never got to a place we incinerated, path it was on to incinerate all of it to get rid of it. unfortunately, tons of it still exist. we think there are elements of the gas he produced. he has shalter-fired missiles, that worry us greatly. the number could be classified but there is a punch of them. those falling in the wrong hands, we do know that al-qaeda is trying to take advantage of the chaos would be a disaster. bret: a scud fired today, one fired a few days ago no one was injured. is this situation dangerous because it s dog backed up against the wall and mike do something with the weapons he has? it could make that decisio decision. a concern we are worried about but the biggest concern is it gets legs and walks off to