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Whether we admit it or not. and the army thats best at doing this, boots on the ground, training forces on the ground, is the american army and marine corps. in my opinion, the only way this rag-tag army is going to survive is with the support, not just of the french and british, but some american involvement. >> you dont see from a military standpoint, the fact that there are defectors in the inner circle, around khadafy, in terms of who has the bigger problem, its the rebels on the run, untrai...

That while many of the people out in the streets may want democracy, they may want market reforms, they are not the people in the position to deliver. and i think its also important to understand the regime in egypt is not simply hosni mubarek and his family its the military it many the military that has run egypt continues though overoverthrew their king. i dont think this mirlt is -- i dont think the military will go from power easily. i dont think it means the military gives up power. my bott...

Administration should be working behind the scenes and try to understand better what the ground truth is in cairo and the other major cities. jon: former u.n. ambassador john bolton thank you. >> thank you. jenna: the ambassador talked about the religious side that is going on with the protesters in the street. the suez canal, 35,000 ships go through that canal ever year. well have more straight ahead. ♪ spread a little joy and see ♪ need a little happiness to be ♪ ♪ living the life with...

About this war. some are pointing to the timing. hey this is the first meeting in the situation room about the afghan war on the year that we are starting the withdrawal in july. do you think the timing has anything to do with the release of a letter like this? >> no, i dont think so, jenna, as a rule the first indicators of success precede the large scale indicators by about six months. if you recall in 2007 in iraq dave petraeus began to make similar pronouncements in june of 2007. it wasnt un...

What us soldiers call ground truth. he is saying the war is reaching a tipping point, as given by evidence in the field, the success theyve had in the southern provincess and taking out the senior leadership of the taliban, their ability to close the border, improve -pltsz made in local political control in villages, particularly in the south of afghanistan and all of those indicators that he puts in his papers suggests that the campaign is about to turn the corner and is going in the right dire...

2011 withdrawal is not set in stone. general david petraeus, saying this weekend a targeted drawdown of u.s. troops will be based on conditions on the ground. retired major general bob scales joins us from washington. general, always great to see you. i suspect that you knew this all along, that you cant really announce a surge at the same time you announce a timetable for withdrawal, something had to give. >> thats right. and of course, you know, theres an old saying in the army, we talk about ...

>> they warmed ever so briefly. theres always a need to keep track of your friends, as well as your enemies any time you have differences, you have to know where the ground truth is and you have to know what the intentions are. make no mistake, there are other illegals out there and probably doing really good work. this group just happened to have a hiccup where they had to justify their existence or we immigrated back and, you know, if after ten years you get kind of used to the united states i...

Im not sure that i would want my kids to storm chase, so to speak. i mean, why do you do this? >> well, for two reasons. one is, it is quite exciting, to say the least. it is kind of part of my career, as becoming a meteorologist, i guess. putting my skills to the test out in the field. the other thing i can do, i can provide a lot of ground truth to the national weather service and the media so they can get the warning out to people who may not know about it, because sometimes the radar, things...

Does one typically stay away from a tornado when youre trying to shoot? >> we usually try to stay a little further away than that, if we can imagine, a mile is usually a comfortable distance that we like to try to keep at, but i got a little bit closer to it, i was a little more comfortable around, and it was slower moving, so i think we could get a little closer to it. >> you know, now that im a dad, im not sure that i would want my kids to storm chase, so to speak. i mean, why do you do this? ...

If we can manage. a mile is usually a comfortable distance that we like to try to keep at, but i got a little bit closer to, i was a little bit more comfortable around wab and it was slower moving, so i think we could get a little closer to it. >> you know, now that im a dad, im not sure that i would want my kids to storm chase, so to speak. i mean, why do you do this? >> well, for two reasons. one is, it is quite exciting, to say the least. it is kind of part of my career, as becoming a meteoro...