i thought it was a silly question? are you a flake? seriously? what do you think he was getting at? i know what he was getting at. what was he getting at? the fact some people think she s a flake. okay. so you think it s proper? you all think it s a fair question. it was a hard question. how do you answer that question appropriately? there is a way to answer it, i think it s a flakey question, i m not going to answer it. post doctorate of federal law. a lot of people suggest that. let me tell you why. when you and i face tough questions, i got the most silliest, insane questions when i considered running for senate. i thought 98% of the questions were silly. she couldn t use that moment to
if you talk to folks at the pentagon, there are real concerns about the way forward even if the best-case-scenario happens, muammar qaddafi leaves or is taken out by some of his own people, the way forward on the ground in a very tribal culture of libya, is still a question mark. how that comes together, and how the oil is dealt with, and how a government is formed post muammar qaddafi, those are real questions. one point about speech tonight, the president and the administration is making an effort to not make this is a traditional war speech at the national dense university, not an oval office speech, and he is obviously doing it eight days after everything began. so, it is different timing and a different place. neil: would he have done the speech at all if he had not been facing the outcry, particularly from democrats, who question not only the timing but the