David Gergen actually said...

"No, I think, Anderson, there are times when things are thrust onto your desk as president, and you can't avoid acting on them, and this is now on his desk."

"It's true, Anderson, but, you know, President Reagan also showed us that, sometimes, when you strike really hard, as we did in Libya, and you do it in a surgical way, that can send a message that scar..."

"Barack Obama was a model of presidential leadership in the early stages of this episode."

"It's also a place where, I mean, the U.S. had a very bad experience there."