anti-american feeling that existed before these demonstrations started. i spent 16 months at the united nations. the biggest problem, not the biggest, there was competition. one of the biggest problems for the united states was the position the government of egypt took on issue after issue. there's already a lot of anti-americanism there, whatever we say about hosni mubarak. >> greta: i guess we should brace ourselves for whatever the future may bring. it is uncertain mixed in with violence. >> it is complicated. in life sometimes your most profound moral convictions conflict. that is what is happening here. demonstrators urge for democracy, ours or peace in the mids -- in the mideast. this is a very complex situation we are operating