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>> well, we heard two different things today. he wants to take the long view and he wants patience. think that's something he wanted to express going forward in the middle east. >> and also i want to bring a quote to your attention. helene cooper and robert worth have a piece in "the new york times" that examines the president's tough test with the arab spring. they write bold words and support for democratic aspirations are not enough to engender good will in this region, especially not when hampered by america's own national security interests. how much of what's actually said at the u.n., a...

Have beaten back gadhafi's forces. they fought back. it really is a stalemate in and area where there are not a lot of civilians, around a key oil refinery area and perhaps with the defections we've seen of the foreign minister and others, perhaps there's a period where some back channel diplomacy can take place. we heard the rebels talk about the possibility of a cease fire and heard the government spokesman dismiss that. i guess the sense of the two weeks after coalition action here and intense see sawing on the battlefront, perhaps there's a window for some sort of talk in diplomacy even th...

We are back joining me now, truly terrific panel, bernard henri levy, who is said to have convinced the president for action against gadhafi. richard haass, who has been skeptical about this inver tension from the start. from washington we're joined by "the new york times" reporter, robert worth who wrote today's cover story on libya. and from berkeley, california, bob baer, spent years in the middle east and africa. welcome all. you found yourself in -- you were in egypt. you heard about what was going on in libya and went to libya and chattered a plane and met the opposition and then ended u...

President for action against gadhafi. richard haass, who has been skeptical about this intervention from the start. from washington we're joined by "the new york times" reporter, robert worth who wrote today's cover story on libya. and from berkeley, california, bob baer, spent years in the middle east and africa. welcome all. you found yourself in -- you were in egypt. you heard about what was going on in libya and went to libya and chartered a plane and met the opposition and then ended up to take them to see sarkozy. at that meeting with you, the libyan opposition leaders and sarkozy, what ...

And we are back with bernard henri levy and bob baer and robert worth and richard haass. richard haass mentioned the problem is libya is taking up so much air time we're not talking enough or thinking enough about egypt, saudi arabia, bahrain. you're all experts on so many of these countries. robert worth, your last "new york times" cover story was about yemen. they are going through a fascinating problem where the president seems to have decided that he can't hold on to power but his family is holding out for the best possible deal maker yet. are we in a stage where we're discussing how many ...