this is an issue of trying to translate tactical success and it s been very successful into a favorable strategic outcome. the only favorable strategic outcome is qaddhafi gone and some form of stability reestablished in a country that right now is facing a protected civil war. jon: why don t we say that? why don t we say, then if that s the goal that we want to get qaddhafi and replace his government? reporter: well, frankly, jon every uniformed person who i ve talked to over the last few days has said this. we have to stay within the bounds of the u.s. resolution and that is sort of tying the hands of the administration. we should not let the rhetoric interfere with the ultimate end in this case, the strategic outcome which is the removal of qaddhafi by force, or better his own people removing qaddhafi using their own internal means. the bottom line is we re facing the prospect of a protected civil war. we ve taken sides, we don t know