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Syria, they are basically one and the same. so if syrian regime goes down, the whole state collapses. the syrian state collapses, that affects power relationships in lebanon, with hezbollah, syria's main client. it affects turkey, which has -- syria has a big kurdish population, a big alloway population, as does turkey. there are huge issues there about order. it affects iraq and the stability of the iraqi/syrian border. it affects israel, iran, jordan. so basically the whole middle east would potentially change. >> egypt, we did the show from egypt last week, and i was struck by how unfinishe...

but first up -- the chances of peace in the middle east after the latest round of speeches by prime minister netanyahu and president obama. i'll be joined by tom friedman of "the new york times" who is just back from the middle east. now, here's my take for this week. we've just gone through an arcane debate about whether barack obama said anything new when he called for an israeli/palestinian settlement based on 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps. in fact, that has been the working assumption of all negotiating parties, america, israel and the palestinian authority,...

but first up -- the chances of peace in the middle east after the latest round of speeches by prime minister netanyahu and president obama. i'll be joined by tom friedman of "the new york times" who is just back from the middle east. now, here's my take for this week. we've just gone through an arcane debate about whether barack obama said anything new when he called for an israeli/palestinian settlement based on 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps. in fact, that has been the working assumption of all negotiating parties, america, israel and the palestinian authority,...

I wiowa's junior senator joni ernst said "we want to support the president, my constituents want to support the president as well but they can only keep that stiff upper lip before things collapse. we're not quite at that point but it's rapidly approaching." so the new definition of representing your state as a republican in the united states senate seems to be stick with donald trump until your state collapses. joni ernst apparently has no intention of abandoning the president before the collapse of iowa. she seems to be saying she will have to see the complete collapse of the farm economy in...