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can you give -- >> well, absolutely, it varies from country to tun, if you take a case like eye jept, the u.s. embassy in downtown cairo, adjacent to several other embassies, that part was pretty much locked out. there was no vehicle traffic, but in the way of the arab uprising or the arab spring, the countries felt that was an infringement on the sovereignty, you had large parts of cities completely blocked off, because these governments were very favorable to western interests not only in their own countries, but across the region. since then, the streets in downtown cairo have been all completely open. that poses a problem certainly for embassies in that area. it poses a security challenge. more importantly as they protests that have become so frequent, against all kinds of policies, both domestically and foreign, you see there's a challenge for embassies, western embassies to try and respect the democratic will of the people,
>> i think we don't know yet. i look at it through a different lens. to me there's a historic struggle going on across the middle east right now. eye jept is the best example, between conservative muslims, and more extremists who have weapons, and more liberals, secular opposition members. that's who's fighting basically in egypt. across the region, there's a struggle for who will control the middle east politics, the culture, even the interpretation of islam, and again, i think we need to kind of step back, stop thinking military tools are our only options, and see if there are people we can work with on the ground in these places. libya is a mess, no question, but i'm asking people to not forget after the ambassador was killed, thousands marched in the streets protesting his killing. they don't -- just the last thing. i found from people in the region they're proud of being muslims, but they also want to be modern and looking sort of for a third way where they're
yemen, and the day after syria. this tells you about the consequences and the lessons that will le learned. remember, first testify tunisia, eye jept, then braun, oman, yemen, libya and syria. if there's one lesson, it's that the revolutionary momentum in the arab world is not even a -- it's going full cycle still in libya and other places as well. >> fawaz gerges and james straub, thank you for sharing your perspectives. up ahead, our specialist with the three things we request do right now to lower the unemployment rate. and bracing for impact. nearly a third on notice for hurricane erenal. coming up we'll talk with the weather channel.
>> normally in a situation where you have a problem with one middle eastern country, a nation like eye jept you could rely on the king of jordan or kung the saudi arabia to be an intermediary. the problem is they're worried about their own backyards right now. they certainly aren't interested in pushing mubarak or sticking their neck out in either direction, because they've got to worry themselves. so that's the concern now. the president did talk, apparently, with king abdullah of jordan yesterday. that hadn't happened until yesterday. we know he's fired his government. so yes, the fear on the domino effect. you brought up israel. i can tell you from some of the recording i've done, there, as one person put it, they're scared and used an expletive. they don't know what's coming next. they feel as if basically their number one ally, and their