Richard Engel, chief correspondent for NBC, explains Gaddafi's strategic options as well as propaganda capabilities.

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One of our most astute correspondents in the Middle East is Richard Engel, chief correspondent for NBC. Here are his latest updates on the Libyan crisis, first on the Gaddafi's current options and how confronting Gaddafi is NOT hurting America's image in the Arab world right now, but helping it, Gaddafi is so despised.

Next is his exposition on Gaddafi's high-powered propaganda apparatus:

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I am a student of history, religion, exoteric and esoteric, the Humanities in general and a tempered advocate for the ultimate manifestation of peace, justice and the unity of humankind through self-realization and mutual respect, although I am not a pacifist, nor do I believe in peace at any price, which is no peace at all but only delays inevitable conflict. There are times when the world must act. Planetary consciousness is evolving, but there are many retrograde forces that would drag us back down.

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