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CNN The Situation Room March 18, 2015 21:45:00

weapons. as you know libya when gadhafi fell all those weapons caches or looted surface-to-air missiles heavy weapons. you have a lot of tunisians who have gone across the border for combat training. doesn't really come as a surprise that tunis got hit. i would like to go back to peter's point. this was a very secular country. i used to live there. it was amazing. it was almost french at that point. and the fact that they have switched over to this jihadi mentality is not a good sign. >> i was there right after the glow the height the optimism of the arab spring. it started in tunisia. things seemed to be moving in a great direction not only there but throughout north africa. of course elsewhere in the middle east. but that has collapsed for all practical purposes totally, right? >> i think it remains to be seen in tunisia. this is one event. but it's only obviously collapsed completely in libya. to call libya a failed state is almost too polite at this point. i talked to u.s. government officials who estimate about a

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