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Natural inclination, whether egypt, whether its libya, whether its syria, iraq, afghanistan, the natural inclination, given the street in those countries throughout the middle east today, is not going to be pro-western, not going to be pro-democratic, and we have seen that in every situation within the middle east, and so we either get involved, stay involved, and make sure that our side is successful, or -- if we dont, which is exactly what the president did. he did not do that. then we have to...

He just outlined. but nevertheless, we need egypt, we need to be engaged with egypt. but there should have been a very serious price imposed in the leadership after they deposed morsi. it is not necessarily seen by the world as being pro-democratic, the big issue is keeping the group, choosing a political and largely a non-violent tract, becoming pursuears of violence. this is being watched not only inside egypt, but i do agree with mark and also richard engel of how the government is trying to ...

this volatile republican nominating contest. since the last debate nearly a month ago, rick santorum has surged into the lead in the national polls. but its a mitt romney-santorum dead heat in one of the states that votes next, thats michigan. and the polls here in arizona suggest a late shift here perhaps in governor romneys favor. our chief political analyst gloria borger is here to get us started. gloria lets focus on the poll here today. we had a poll out yesterday that showed a re...

picture this, youre walking through the airport checkpoint with your shoes on and your belt on, and your laptop still in its case. how you can speed your way through the security line. new information coming in. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." suddenly a brand-new campaign. rick santorums stunning sweep has turned the republican race into a real race. hes grabbed some delegates and more importantly hes grabbing the momentum. thats enabling him to raise lots of cash an...

Tired of the rule of mubarak who has been in power for 30 years. the people do want freedom. but the only people who will fill the hole are going to be the muslim brotherhood. we saw how hamas used democracy to gain power in hezbollah. what were seeing in egypt, what might have started as a revolution for peace is going to be filled by radical islamic muslim brotherhood. we saw el kardawi came to egypt, gave the friday prayer to a heros welcome. its like watching what happened in iran in 1979, b...

>> mike: aaron, very quickly, we have talked about what happens if there is a more pro-democratic egypt. what happens if egypt is taken over by radicals, if it does become yet another nation falling into the hands of jihadists? what does that mean for the relationship with the united states and with israel? >> well, that i think you really do get a cataclysm. the muslim brotherhood i dont think they have the capacity of taking over the country, but they have been calling for a referendum. a popu...

>> mike: aaron, very quickly, we have talked about what happens if there is a more pro-democratic egypt. what happens if egypt is taken over by radicals, if it does become yet another nation falling into the hands of jihadists? what does that mean for the relationship with the united states and with israel? >> well, that i think you really do get a cataclysm. the muslim brotherhood i dont think they have the capacity of taking over the country, but they have been calling for a referendum. a popu...

>> mike: aaron, very quickly, we have talked about what happens if there is a more pro-democratic egypt. what happens if egypt is taken over by radicals, if it does become yet another nation falling into the hands of jihadists? what does that mean for the relationship with the united states and with israel? >> well, that i think you really do get a cataclysm. the muslim brotherhood i dont think they have the capacity of taking over the country, but they have been calling for a referendum. a popu...

You act like a real political party you can get the benefits. megyn: isnt that our worse nightmare if they act like a political party and get elected? >> if they do perform that way then they should be permitted to contest the election. i dont think they will agree to that because that gives up the essence of what they are. megyn: is there any way the united states can come out of this in as good as or even better a position than we are in right now? >> i think the position we are in right now i...

Savings of civilian life. but in any event, i think now with gadhafi dead -- how we dont know at this point -- the question is what his followers will do in efforts at national reconciliation. and i think its very important for the united states and be our western european allies to work to help empower pro-democratic, pro-western leaders among all the various libyan tribes and factions. because its highly uncertain now what the successor regime will look like. we should have expended more effor...