of its followers, occupy as strategic artery of the city. block commerce, block transportation, block social interaction, and say to the government, either negotiate with us or remove us by force. i think you talk to any responsible public official in the united states or anywhere else, they would tell you, no negotiation with hostage-takers. happy to engage in a dialogue about political future but not at the point of a gun. well, you know, i think we should be loyal to our friends. otherwise, the word will go out they ll stop being our friend. that s what saudi arabia and bahrain and ua aechlt and qatar are looking for and those the people who stood by us when iraq invaded iran, when iran was fighting kuwait, and our long-term strategic interests i think tend in that direction. we were friends with mubarak three decades athtd the president of the united states in that case, george herbert walker bush, take him to baseball games, hang out with him nap friendship doesn t seem to