losing track for several months now. the successful arab revolutions all go basically against the al qaeda narrative that arab people can't rise against that. and it's important to note that the u.s. is not acting alone, it's acting within an international coalition that includes arab. >> but the arabs are criticizing the action that the western forces have taken. let me play what robert gates had to say about the new criticism that the western powers have overstepped their boundaries by just simply not focusing on enforcing a no fly zone. >> i think there is a sensitivity on the part of the arab league to being seen to be operating under a nato umbrella. and so the question is if there's a way we can work out nato's demand and contrsxland al without it being a manato missi.