Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110222:14:09:00
Like to turn to for the middle east. talk to us about somalia, this is say country we've had tricky relations with. we know al qaeda tries to use it as a training ground on one hand, this pirate thing is an offshoot of their economic downturn. all of these issues. >> economic downturn is an understatement. you're talking about a societal collapse. this is -- the piracy is just an offshoot, a symptom of a failed state status. when there's no governance, things like piracy develop. and, of course, this relates directly to what we're seeing across the middle east, because one of the dangers that ...
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