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Word, catastrophe. they hope all of the fail-safe procedures actually kick in and save the day. right now, it's a race against time, that's how it's been described. fair to say they hadn't been winning that race, the reactors continue to be watched. fareed. >> is it fair to say that because radiation levels do not seem to be that high, that even in this worst-case scenario, it does not appear that people's lis are in danger in the surrounding areas? >> reporter: exactly. at this point, the government has stressed levels are not high enough to cause harm. people have been -- have been affected,...

>> i did not hear the question, fareed. >> what do you think this reveals about japan? you know, does it reveal inherent weaknesses? >> i think that what this reveals shows fault lines in the earth that create tremendous stress in a society as you noted in haiti or in japan, often show fault lines in that society. and in japanese society, second only to zimbabwe in its national debt, it's got to figure out how it's going to reinvent itself and rebuild itself, but it's one of the oldest populations in the world. it's no longer growing. it its population is shrinking and remains a society that l...

If you have foreign soldiers or foreign military advisers on the ground, in eastern libya, that's going to make a lot of people very uncomfortable and a little bit suspicious, but everything short of boots on the ground, arming, funding with an arab league endorsement, i think that works. >> well, fareed, let me say this. i think given the situation on the ground has ended up being, i think it's become amply clear you definitely need let's see a de-u.s. macina. that will have to come from outside libya to help one side or the other. the scenario that libya faces, whether gadhafi survives or is...