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Get enough votes to put a repeal on the ballot in september. if they succeed this will be a battle royale in a political year where theres no big election going on. this is going to be a proxy war on both sides. >> do you see this having enough steam where it goes from these midwestern states that are currently embracing the battle to other states and that it ends up being an issue in the elections of 2012? >> i think its definitely going to be an issue in the election of 2012 youre going to see...

Country is shiite. >> shepard: and in saudi arabia, we have the map up now. in that part of saudi arabia thats where the oil is. >> of course. thats why the saudis are so much involved with this and concerned about it what happens in bahrain has an impact on the eastern province in saudi arabia where the bulk of the population is shiite. so, this is something that is way beyond the ability of the united states to solve this. this has to be something thats got to be resolved within the region its...

Very precarious position in the middle east. jon: but the counter weight to iran right now is saudi arabia, right? why dont the saudis seem to be taking a greater hand in countering irans influence? >> i think they are playing a role. but i think its a very quiet role. i dont think they want to raise their head up very far. but of course they did send troops into bahrain last week, remember that? so they are playing in some ways a visible role, but i think they are pushing back. theres been a pr...

Destabilized the governments, we might have a little room to do what they feel they need to do for their security as unpleasant it is. >> the lesson they are drawing is if you are a friend to the united states as in egypt or tunisia, you fall. if you are an enemy of the united states such as iran or libya, you survive as long as you are ruthless enough in putting down unrest. >> i think it is exactly right. th is an disiement of the -- an indictment of the leadership. the other important issue i...

And the united arab emirates decision to send ground forces to help the king in bahrain. she said think is not acceptable. yes, the u.s. has a close relationship with these countries but theres a difference of opinion right now, serious difference, theres a serious strain in relationship. >> lets get to the core of the first for a second because this has been an issue with respect to bahrain. its a country where the leadership has had excellent relationships with neighboring countries and the we...

Street journal" and joins us now. a tiny nation that sits off the coast of saudi arabia. the saudis were trying to let the government handle things but finally the saudis had to send in troops or felt they had to send in troops, where does iran come in. >> reporter: they come in because they are the biggest shiite country. the saudis have always worried about shiite unrest in bahrain because they also have a significance shiite population. the danger is that bahrain becomes the site of a proxy w...

Service. this is a proxy war, in fact, isnt it? >> well, its a battle between two intelligence services. these intelligence services have -- are once allies and cooperated in operations and have been taking pot shots at each other. the cias chief of station in islamabad two months ago was outed in the pakistani press and had to be with drawn. that followed the chief of the isi, the pakistani service, being named in a new york lawsuit. and he regarded this as the work of the cia and so its argued...

Sealed in bringing radical islamic fund machine tallism throughout the muss -- fundamentalism throughout the muslim world. >> khomeini regime was already building what became the national alliance of the 21st century. iran has reached the mediterranean, syria, hezbollah. hamas inside the palestinian community. today we look at eastern arabia. northern yemen and southern saudi arabia. >> the iranians have been accused of providing support and using them in a proxy war against yemens sunni muslim ...

Sealed in bringing radical islamic fund machine tallism throughout the muss -- fundamentalism throughout the muslim world. >> khomeini regime was already building what became the national alliance of the 21st century. iran has reached the mediterranean, syria, hezbollah. hamas inside the palestinian community. today we look at eastern arabia. northern yemen and southern saudi arabia. >> the iranians have been accused of providing support and using them in a proxy war against yemens sunni muslim ...

Mill taliban. its al qaeda. al qaeda is in pakistan. they are in yemen. they are being supported. , i think by sum elements. maybe rogue elements in the pakistani government. maybe there is communications with them. and meanwhile the taliban are kind of pakistans tool against the indians in afghanistan. and our troops are in the middle of what what some people would say is a proxy war on the ground in afghanistan between india and pakistan. >> laura: general, look, the economy -- you just heard ...