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Of violence, there arent great alternatives. >> iraq is disintegrating before our eyes. this is a total emergency situation. the only way out of this thing, and is only limited chance of that is for iraq to find a replacement to prime minister maliki. if he is the lowest common denominator, let it be. lets give this guy a chance. >> reporter: how does the obama administration feel about chalabi becoming iraqs next leader? its not the role of the u.s. to support any candidate. our efforts to get ...

But there are some who believe he is one of the very few credible candidates because there are so few. its almost as if who else could it be? >> perhaps the least bad option in politics that often wins. >> right. >> aaron roston, great to have you with us. as always, you can fooinds find out more about this on cnn.com. i encourage you to take a look. next for us, another part of that region erupting. israel launching dozens of airstrikes, pledging to make hamas pay. hamas issuing warnings of its...

That they need to change prime ministers there. but he won the most votes. he won the plurality of votes. chalabi has positioned himself the way he always did by this brilliant, brilliant horse trading he does. he is able to form these alliances with people he once fought with, with former enemies. and he has brought them into his camp. he really has -- its astonishing to me too. i wasnt prepared to believe it. but i now do. he has convinced some sunni leaders that he is a consensus candidate, a...