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Their motivations. what they want is power thattive been marginalized for a long time. the president before 2011 had waged six wars against them and pushed them into isolation up north. and you are just talking about the humanitarian crisis. where the houthis come from was one of the worst underdeveloped areas in yemen and thats saying a lot, just to put that into context. and so the houthis have been trying to be part of the political process since 2011 after the revolution but obviously -- and...

Facebook, went out on twitter but also went out among the activist community. and a lot of people thought this is just another call, and who sends out a facebook invitation anyway for a revolution? >> reporter: the organizers are stunned by the response. more than 10,000 egyptians answer the call, filling cairos tahrir square. >> and they started chanting anti-mubarak when they saw mubaraks police go out there and beat people brutally and start shooting people dead. and so you had ordinary egypt...

Going on? you wrote a wonderful book about saudi arabia. >> i think they have given up on us. they understand in a tribal society like saudi arabia weakness brings not only contempt, but the risk of aggression. and they dont want to walk around that nasty neighborhood holding hands with the cowardly united states. i mean, thats their view. we havent -- we let mubarak go. we ditherred for weeks over was the coup in egypt that threw out the muslim brotherhood a coup, and should we end military ass...

Facebook, it went out on twitter, but it also went out among the activist community. and a lot of people thought this is just another call, and who sends out a facebook invitation anyway for a revolution? >> reporter: the organizers are stunned by the response. more than 10,000 egyptians answer the call, filling cairos tahrir square. >> and they started chanting anti-mubarak when they saw mubaraks police go out there and beat people brutally and start shooting people dead. and so you had ordinar...

>> hasnt stopped the president from doing what he wants anyway. problem is the muslim brotherhood is obamas team. thats who he supported. the military came in there. best thing that ever happened to the country. problem came when this government, when president obama stood up, and urged hosni mubarak to step aside in 201 and ally to us and a key, key person in holding the middle east together and especially relating to israel. >> big mistake. >> muslim brotherhood will rally again. they are goin...

The region, bob. you cant deny that. he was an ally to the united states to a certain extent, every extent. >> what you can say here, the government of egypt did not produce the government that the -- referendum and constitution called for. they said they were going to invite other big sectors in the opposition into the government and didnt do it. i think the answer is rock style government and where you have the different parties represented and everybody has power and share. >> they dont want ...

The fact the white house isnt using the word coup is probably one of the most significant things to come out of the statement. most people look at this and say this is clear a could you please, tplease coup so why arent they using the word? the shorter answer is it is political reasons. they say in the event of a military coup, aid to a country like egypt, were talking $1.5 billion a year in aid in this case must be cut off. there are cav rat that is say maybe the secretary of state could declar...

>> he has some benefits that morsi didnt have. first of all, he has the army behind him. he was selected by the army to come in and rule as interim president and thats a big thing. he also has the ministry of interior, and that is the ministry in charge of policing the country. thats another big ministry to have on his side. he also has from the support of the coptic pope, or the christian church here in egypt and the head of the ashar, the leading school of sunni islam in the world so he does h...

Were talk about the point of view and the words choice chosen. >> whats in a word. when it is coup, a lot. >> a lot indeed. regardless of what the white house or anyone else wants to call it, what happened in egypt was indeed a coup. >> it make it is that mine field for the white house. theyre promoting democracy and here you are with a democratic government being thrown out. egypt facing the instability that coups can inherently bring. keep this in mind, this is egypts second revolution in two ...

Impatient guy. >> from an impatient president of a privileged land, now a volunteer still with steely eyed focus as he tries to find meaning away from the oval office. robin curnow, cnn, livingston, zambia. >> the egyptian military removing the countrys president from power. >> indeed. and bringing in an interim leader. up next well look at the militarys role in egypts uncertain future.