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Disagree with that analysis. and again, i'm very uncomfortable with launching a military intervention given the fact that we're setting in motion a chain of events. it's not simply that we don't know. we have no reason to be confident that the people we are trying to help prevail will institute a form of governance that will necessarily be in our or libya's interest. >> that raises the question about the rebels. who are they and let me go to the ambassador and jane harman, are we sure as richard haass asked the question, sure that the rebels in the end are going to be exactly what we want to h...

This, if you're sitting in iran and see what's going on, not only in the rest of the middle east but particularly in libya, what are you thinking? >> i think the question is, is iran immune from this tidal wave that's sweeping through the region? and i think surely the answer is no. if i were setting in tehran in the government right now i would be shaking in my boots. with syria now under tremendous political pressure, i don't think there's any government in the region that's immune. one of the truly positive outcomes of this entire arab spring may be finally a real pressure for political cha...

Armies in place. or you could have situations where the intervention fails and you have all sorts of questions then about what the united states does with gadhafi and even if it does succeed again, then we have all sorts of fundamental issues about who it is we're helping and are we so sure the opposition will necessarily pursue an agenda that is in the interest of the united states or in the interest of the people of libya. i'm very unkcomfortable with suh a large commitment given these unknowns. >> jane, you want to talk? >> our deputy national security adviser called the position preb nits ...

Other countries whose vital interests are probably more affected than ours, namely the european and arab states. >> we'll talk more about that, whether or not the united states if it's part of a coalition can ever actually not lead. people mostly assume we are leading. i know jane har man wants to get in. we'll get to her after the break. there's so much more to talk about. i'd also want to mention, if you're here looking for fareed's take on the events, we have your fill. make sure you go out and pick up the latest issue of "time" on the news stands right now and you can find it at time.com o...

The fellow writing this english language magazine called inspire which teaches you how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom is in yemen. i worry about the threat to our homeland being greatest from yemen than any other place. >> let me put that to ambassador negroponte. put on your director of national intelligence hat and talk about what jane harman is talking about, the fact that yemen is a haven for al qaeda and this could be distracting us from paying enough attention to that. >> first of all, i think we do have the band width to deal with libya and these other situations in the middl...