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How should US respond to Libyan attack?

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    Former Assistant Secretary of State Paul Wolfowitz sounds off

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So we should be attack that killed Stevens -- Stevens -- the attacks in our embassies in Egypt in Yemen in Tunisia be considered acts of war.

Let's ask former deputy secretary of defense and former foreign ambassador.

Paul Wolfowitz welcome mr.

Wilson who Wolfowitz.

-- Could all of this unrest.

Beginning in -- been avoided.

Well look I think some of it is unavoidable.

But I think what we're seeing in Libya today is.

Really unfortunate because in July you have an election when there was conducted.

Generally pretty peacefully -- the result was remarkable the Muslim Brotherhood came a distant second.

These extremists who -- responsible we think for the attack on the embassy barely placed at all.

But they're the ones who control of very large segment of the weapons in the guns and they are in effect trying to undo the results of the elections through violence.

This isn't the only I mean this is the first attack on Americans but there was an attack just a few days ago.

Two weeks ago I guess.

On a mosque in the heart of Tripoli because these extremists.

Don't think that that particular kind of Islam is okay so they go in with bulldozers and clear away -- mr.

secretary you believe the way we fought the war has everything to do is what what happened on Tuesday why.

Nothing has a single -- so everything to do maybe is overstated but yes I think the fact that we.

Basically took a hands off approach when.

Libyan opposition was pleading with us to help -- train and equip them instead we -- other people -- Values are very different from ours and very different from mainstream movie in those people are now the ones -- guns.

This attack on the embassy wasn't an innocent unarmed mob that was heavy weapons.

We also found out that the did their deputy -- the prime minister warned us pilots is coming your way we recommend you get out of there.

How does that message not get through.

Well I'm not sure about that I really don't know.

And I don't think the answers to get out if you told us to get out I think we should have said nonsense you need to do better job protecting us I think one of the questions.

Clearly going to be -- is.

-- that kind of warning more than we do a better job ourselves of protecting ourselves.

But running away and is not the answer and apologizing it's my opinion.

It was legally -- -- -- five Marines and there's going to be a hundred commandos coming your way you might have a choice that's true okay as deputy secretary if this falls in your lap.

Which you had a lot of major decisions -- in your lap how do you respond what is the correct way.

Well it's not just Defense Department responsibility -- first and foremost it's the State Department in the White House itself.

-- -- to make very clear to these governments involved that they're going to be accountable for what takes place in their country.

In the case of Libya the government still doesn't really control the security forces and I think that's something the problem that has to be addressed and addressed this emergency.

In the case of -- it's not clear which side the president is on I think we can.

Allow him to slithering through within -- out and -- ambiguous position about something serious is this.

-- know the FBI is there on the ground so hopefully we'll get names and locations and hopefully will be be able to follow that through how we do that this one of the questions gonna ask the former deputy secretary defense.

And former president of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz when he sticks around.

The secretary back could you just a moment --

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