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American enterprise institute and the right. the two of them made a pretty good convincing case we ought to have acted sooner because the agency wants to act through multilateral agencies. they should be doing things like humanitarian supplies humanitarian aid through the eastern part of the liberated from qaddafi. declare we are no longer recognizing qaddafi. great diplomatic relations. peru did it to show their distaste for the regime. we havent. show unilateral with the parts of the country. ...

American enterprise institute and the right. the two of them made a pretty good convincing case we ought to have acted sooner because the agency wants to act through multilateral agencies. they should be doing things like humanitarian supplies humanitarian aid through the eastern part of the liberated from qaddafi. declare we are no longer recognizing qaddafi. great diplomatic relations. peru did it to show their distaste for the regime. we havent. show unilateral with the parts of the country. ...

Potential for a pluralist society there. your article on sunday featured a quote from a london professor on those fighting gadhafi. you wrote, quote, the current opposition movement in libya is diverse and including secular, nationists, mon nanchists and islamist elements. i dont think any movement is in the position in terms of resources to monopolyize the political process. what is your expectation of how or whether they can work together? >> you know, i think a lot determines how it all falls...

>> i think al jazeera is spearhead, is really a vanguard in the promotion of democracy and open societies. this is the highest american values. open societies, free flow of information. also introducing the middle east to the world and introducing america to the middle east. as you well know, dylan, youve been saying for the last few months the violent arab have been shattered. the whole images and stereotypes. al jazeera made it very easy for americans to see whats happening in middle eastern s...

Dominant force in egypt is the united states prepared to do business with them? >> theres no indication that the brotherhood is going to dominate egyptian politics. what you saw on the streets and what we saw as recently on friday in tahrir square is an incredible ly diverse cross secn of egyptian population. male, female, religious, secular, young and old. this is a cross cutting movement for change. and we have confidence that if the democratic processes are respected, if theres time for parti...

United states prepared to do business with them? >> theres no indication that the brotherhood is going to dominate egyptian politics. what you saw on the streets and what we saw as recently on friday in tahrir square is an incredible ly diverse cross secn of egyptian population. male, female, religious, secular, young and old. this is a cross cutting movement for change. and we have confidence that if the democratic processes are respected, if theres time for parties to form, if theres an opport...

That would please the ey ayatollahs and help us get into a dialogue with them. that hasnt worked. i think they in part had fear if we took off the iranians would get upset and start sending ieds and other devices to insurgents in iraq which, of course, they are doing anyway. there is no reason for leaving it on. it five earth favors a secular. >> shannon: former u.s. attorney general judge michael mukasey. thank you very much for joining us, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> shannon: news organiz...

Great news that the shaw of iran had gone. it took them ti. >> professor, somewhat of what you said is both fascinating and correct. but history rarely repeats himself, but while you were point to the russian and french revolutions, you can argue that the egyptian society is much different than what we faced in iran and this is going to be a much more secular revolt to what we have seen. their desire for stability and their fear of the muslim brotherhood almost ensures that what will emerge here...

Governments, and including tunisia, egypt and jordan you have competition between two forces so we are happy civil societies, secular, and youth, ands muslim brotherhood and jihadist on the other hand. and it is a tight race. >> and we so a report today that one was killed in iran, on the streets of tehran. i suspect that the price of oil has gone way up not because of the demonstrations around the middle east but because of the fear of what could come next. >> two things, in egypt, the muslim b...

Immensely helpful to the egyptians just a few weeks ago. >> definitely a key to the entire process. peter, thanks. >> thanks. two days after egyptian president lose an hosni mubaras resignation egypt is beginning to map out a country without him. joining us on the phone with insight into what comes next tore egypt is dr. whalid farris. how far do you think that will go to awaging the protesters many of them still there in tahrir square? >> those are still in tahrir square are probably the hard...