On the recordAugust 23, 2011
I think it's symbolically essential and in fact, practically essential as well. And this rebellion has been about one thing, and that is getting rid of Moammar Gadhafi.
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transcripts.cnn.comI think it's symbolically essential and in fact, practically essential as well. And this rebellion has been about one thing, and that is getting rid of Moammar Gadhafi.
John Burns discusses the importance of capturing or killing Moammar Gadhafi for the success of the rebellion.
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He is utterly resistant to any idea there could be any separation of those two entities, he is Libya.
He has said repeatedly that it is the duty of the people, something Hitler also said, in effect to die for him.
The American commanders here warned early on that putting 30,000 more troops into this fight was bound to mean that there would be more casualties.
The message of which is you don't control anything. And of course part of that message even perhaps a large part of that message is directed at the Congress in Washington, D.C.