a small part of that tape exists, where he says i m not against all wars, i m against dumb wars, i m paraphrasing, his campaign, his supporters during the time he was running for president retaped that speech where he says that beginning part and individual supporters say all the rest of the words in that speech because it was such an emotionally resonate central part of it. now saying nine years later, we are finally ending it. for me, it brings back a lot of the emotion from that start of the war and from the campaign about it. i was feeling that as well. and i have not spent nearly as much time there as our colleague, of course, richard engel, and was asking him about it. when you think about what s happened in the last 48 hours with the end of the gadhafi era, and now this announcement, even
guns and whether the various factions in the opposition, which essentially agreed on one thing, which is they are against gadhafi, whether they can now agree on something positive, the kind of libya they want to bring about. that will be the big test. you were one the skeptics last march. arguing that it wasn t necessarily a role for the u.s., that he with had to worry about the most gadhafi era and didn t know who would be taking over in this tribal area. you have a certain amount of caution, understandable caution and skepticism. i m still not sure this was worth it. knowing what we even knowing what we know now. we ll see what comes of it. so yes, but that said, even though i did not favor this intervention and i m still skeptical. it is in our interest to do everything possible to increase the odds this turns out right and that means getting american advisers there to not help something on the security side but the economics and political side.
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. gunfire, honking horns, celebrations in cities across libya, marking the death of gadhafi. we re following all the breaking news this hour. the man who ruthlessly ruled the country for 42 years was killed today outside his hometown of sirte. he was 69 years old. president obama said his death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for libya. one year ago, the notion of a free libya seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rose up. and demanded their rights. and when gadhafi and his forces started going city to city, town by town to brutalize men, women and children, the world refused to stand idly by. faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the libyan people, the united states and our friends and allies stopped gadhafi s forces in their tracks. there will be difficult days ahead. but the united states, togethe
looking for ways to help the opposition, but also what they can do in a post gadhafi-er a. we heard that today because british troops are serving only second to american troops in afghanistan, and the current uprising. they are both looking for deficit reductions, but state dinner, and there is a lot of fun events throughout the day, and formalitieformalities, and watch to see and also, i have to tell you that they are sleeping in buckingham palace tonight, and did you hear this? well, do tell. i read your twitter board, friend. i know. okay. so they are sleeping in a six-room suite that i will call them will and kate spent their wedding night in, and a palace aide said it may not be the same bed, but it is the same suite. i love that brianna keilar is getting all of the details that we, americans, would like to