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department in 2001 to 2003 as the iraq war was being planned and for its start. from 2004 to 2007, meghan o'sullivan was deputy national security adviser at the white house for iraq and afghanistan. she's now a professor at the kennedy school at harvard. and peter bergen, of course, is cnn's national security analyst and the director of the national security studies program at the new america foundation. rashid, when you look at all the turmoil brewing in the middle east, what do you see as the cause? >> well, there are many causes, but one cause is that you have some sectarian issues that are working themselves out. another cause is a whole policies that i think erican - exacerbated things. a third cause is american alliances with countries that have their own dogs in some of these fights, saudi arabia, israel, others. each of these i think exacerbate asset of problems. >> how do you see them? >> a big part comes from within the middle east itself.