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Out. he has important elements of the military and many opposition figures, the only thing they have in common is they want saleh gone. but they have big differences, some of them heavily in bed with islamists and al qaeda, others more traditional tribal elements and still others that are kind of free-floating actors. also a very uncertain situation. >> similar to the libyan opposition. that is all over the lot united only by dislike or hatred of gadhafi but not behind another principle. >> not ...

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Include funding the rebels against gadhafi with some of gadhafis own seized assets. at the same time that she is trying to get the arabs to help fight gadhafi, shes also trying to get the saudis to back off from their intervention in bahrain. so this is a very complicated situation, and perhaps the most complex that clinton has faced since becoming secretary of state. savannah? >> and secretary of state clinton says a no-fly zone would require the bombing of libyan targets. ken pollack is the di...

>> ken pollack is the director of middle east policy and served as middle east military analyst in the cia. thank you very much for joining us from brookings today. lets talk about the options today. susan rice the u.n. ambassador and secretary clinton saying and jay carney again today saying all options are on the table. is a no fly zone really an option are are they positioning those ships for the possibility of military aid and also to increase the pressure on gadhafi? >> i think theres no qu...

This point in time. but it is yet another point, demonstrating that the iranian people remain very unhappy with their government and this government has absolutely no interest in reform, they have no interest in making any concessions, they are going to go the old mideastern route of repression, repression, repression. >> not good news on many fronts, but always good to see you, ken pollack, thank you very much. and coming up next, maryland governor martin omalley on his meetings with the pres...

Ken pollack is a senior foreign policy fellow at the brookings institute. ken, thanks for being with us. you have taught a couple years about almost predicting what we have seen here. as you move to the next step of where it goes from this point? >> sure. thank you for having me on, lester. the wonderful thing about revolutions is they can result in days like this. we need to recognize how incredible this day is for the egyptian people and share in their joy. by the same token, revolutions are u...

Important aspect of our security needs in that region as well. >> ken pollack, you bring a lot to the table. we appreciate your thoughts. were joined now by carl bernstein and charlie cook, editor of the cook political report. i bring the two of you on. i want to let viewers now that we expect to hear from the president at 3:00 today to give his statement in reaction. lets start off there. what you would expect the president to say? is this the point to really, really give the egyptians even mor...

Elections, weve seen this elsewhere, elections do not equal democracy. and oftentimes if you move to elections too quickly, you can actually get the worst elements in society getting elected and ultimately wind up subverting the democracy. ultimately wind upsetting it back. behind all this, as youve been talking with all of your other guests, you have egyptian military which has done the right thing absolutely so far. but its not a democratic institution. it doesnt understand how to run a transi...

Of background information getting out. they told some of us but they certainly didnt properly communicate how concerned the president and his team are. and the fact that they felt the time film that mubarak was conceding was far too long. they never thought that what he was suggesting in his conversation with the president, and his speech was adequate. but they didnt communicate that properly. and at that point it was too late to be concerned that the other arab leaders and about mubarak himself...

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