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Doesnt necessarily seem to fit the same mold as a lot of these recruits of isis. >> it depends. because if youre talking about senior leadership of a jihadist organization like isis obviously what comes to mind is someone like osama bin laden with al qaeda. there are very wealthy, there are very well-educated people that have filled the upper ranks, upper echelons of jihadist leadership stretching back for a long time. as we can tell hes obviously somebody who has some sway within that group. wh...

Here? >> it could. i doubt that really is a critical point right now. everybody is fighting for their survival, and, you know, asserting themselves in whatever regime emerges. the military in egypt is going to be a central player in egyptian politics for years to come. the egyptian people expect them to. because they expect to have a strong country. traditionally respect military institution. so regardless, the military is going to be part of it. and, in fact, the worst thing for them is to jeop...

Survival, and, you know, asserting themselves in whatever regime emerges. the military in egypt is going to be a central player in egyptian politics for years to come. the egyptian people expect them to. because they expect to have a strong country. traditionally respect military institution. so regardless, the military is going to be part of it. and, in fact, the worst thing for them is to jeopardize the trust of the public in the short term. the problem, of course, is you have the three tiers....

Critical point right now. everybody is fighting for their survival, and, you know, asserting themselves in whatever regime emerges. the military in egypt is going to be a central player in egyptian politics for years to come. the egyptian people expect them to. because they expect to have a strong country. traditionally respect military institution. so regardless, the military is going to be part of it. and, in fact, the worst thing for them is to jeopardize the trust of the public in the short ...

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Interesting, noting that the george w. bush administrations embrace of gadhafi and their military brought about something a year ago that brought senior libyan officers to the headquarters of the u.s. pentagon command center leading the fight against that exact same libyan military. think about that a second. upper echelons of theibn liryotoounth bendhes ti a pentagon division now fighting them in a war. and it is looking more and more like a war. the u.n. security council vote that authorized w...