lawsuit. he has reportedly settled a civil lawsuit it accused him of swinlding an elderly widows neighbor out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and property. he and the woman lived in the same fort lauderdale building. the confidential settlement was reached with the widow s family. she died last year at age of 84. rick: back to egypt. they are calling its last chance egypt. they are promising today will be the biggest week of protests yet. the demonstrators wants an end to military rule and today the white house throwing its support behind egypt s protest movement. lieutenant colonel ralph peters is a her to of the book lines of fire. shouldn t we have seen this coming? certainly. and many of us did. what we saw last winter was the
onto the money as well as the power. the muslim brotherhood isn t al qaeda. it s a complex group. others are more moderate. the muslim brotherhood is splintering, and then there are the he cue lars. but the bottom line is this. democracy isn t just for rich white people. george w. bush said wanted democracy in the middle east. we won t like every result. but you have got to remember, it s their country. there is not a lot we can do. we are not going to encourage the egyptian military to slaughter their own people. we need to look when you are faced with a situation like this you don t wine and moan and complain, you figure out how to take a advantage of it and position yourself as well as you can. and i think the administration of which i have been very critical is doing the right thing by backing the freedom demonstrators. rick: the bikes called lines of fire. ralph peters, thank you very
can. and. bill: we ve got to do something. very interesting. thank you, colonel peters has a brand new book out called lines of fire . next, more craziness in occupy wall street movement. and then, congressman barney frank sympathizes with occupiers but is taking money from wall street fat cats. barney? say it ain t so.úy
track record and in lines of fire on the one hand, it s the greatest hits collection, best stuff i ve written over the decades but it s a book about the future. this is a work that will tell you where we re going in our future wars. that s a question i have for you. are we done with armor? are we done with lines? are we done with battle against battle? is everything going to be covert from here on in? no, it s not. and i m in the odd position, brian, in the 1990 s, i was arguing we need more special operations, we need more human intelligence. it s not going to be all big armor, big tanks and now we have trouble in the u.s., we go to extremes. now i find myself arguing, hey, wait a minute, guys, we might still have to fight with artillery and armor, iran could be china, could be anywhere in the world. the united states military has to cover the waterfront. we ve got to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. so we have to be able to respond to all contingencies and at the
end of the day, though, the one ultimate weapon we do have is the american soldier. and that s where your book is so valuable. you went and saw these things first hand. came to your own conclusions and you re not relying on sources and look forward to that book. makes me feel good that general petraeus and head of the c.i.a. seems look a perfect match. congratulations on lines of fire. appreciate you joining us this morning. thanks. surgeons want your organs and want them now. they want the rights to harvest them while still on the operating table. is that smart or just plain scary? some are using them. gavin degraw is not just a pretty face with a pretty voice. he s a small business owner, too, and ready to hire. the singer here live next. get your resume ready.