afghanistan, al qaeda did. and then we gravitated to iraq, which which was a wholly different kind of mission. now we re back to the deny sanctuary, as spider said, to terrorist groups that want to do us harm. there is a real need to disrupt enemy formations that are trying to plan attacks against the homeland or against the west. and it s the idea of fighting the enemy on their five yard line, not our five yard line. this is a defense mission going on in niger. so we have several of those missions happening around the globe. absolutely.
turned on to launch munitions at that, the radar down to its source and blows them up. so, we have destroyed some others. they re not turning on. now we ve turned to enemy formations, libyan formations of troops. my guess is that the number 64 killed that number s going to go up. okay. is the u.s. taking the lead on this first part of the mission, to take out surface-to-air missiles, radars, communications facilities, or is this truly a coalition-led effort and the u.s. is backup? i think it s the former. they made a big deal yesterday, the fact that the french were launching and leading the attack. the fact of the matter is, the large majority of damage that s been done of moammar gadhafi s force has been done by american aircraft, many of them stealth aircraft. the b-2s launched 40 munitions overnight using precision-guided munitions. now, whatever we say, we re taking the lead. how long s it going to take