. >> warner: jim steinberg, you were in the administration at the time, what is your response to that? >> you know, margaret, obviously you can't know what the future will hold. you i think you have to judge this by the circumstances that the president and the international community were facing. the prospect of a huge humanitarian disaster, the threat that qaddafi had done but perhaps more important, the unique coming together of the people of libya and broad international community support from arab countries, our european allies and the united states standing in support of this. i think this is a real triumph for an approach to international affairs in dealing with these news fors changing the middle east, that is an important achievement going forward and sending a strong signal about the world, the united states and our ability to work with others to get that done. >> warner: richard haass the president said also it was the kind much partnership that the u.s. can have in the 21st century. the british and french led the bombing campaign with the u.s. in a supporting role. do you t