are you concerned that more and more people will continue to go and listen to him on the internet? certainly in the short term, it s going to be a surge in interest in al-awlaki. and i wanted to say, al-awlaki s most important radicalizing works aren t tied to current events. the one piece that he did that really has reached the most americans is called constance on the path of jihad and that s a general discussion of why it s obligatory for muslims to fight in his field. so it s not really tied to what s happening now. it s a pretty evergreen piece. kind of like a manifesto that people can keep referring back to if they re looking for guidance and interested in trying to become radicalized. let me ask both of you this. the laws of technology seem to always be behind the times especially since the age of the internet and i m wondering if either one of you believe we should have a law against allowing him to even be on the internet or to be on you tube. ryan?
gentlemen. good morning. let me start with you. immediately when we found out that al-awlaki was dead on friday, we kept playing video of all his rants seen on you tube and all over the internet and it worried me that maybe he would continue to be effective from the grave. your thoughts, ryan? that s absolutely true. his sermons continue to be sold in islamic centers, a lot of supermarkets so it s not just the internet. his material is everywhere and the last poll that i saw showed that 5% of american muslims express a favorable opinion of al-qaida and 14% refuse to answer the question. so there s still a very strong pool for him to recruit from even though the fact that he s dead. with that being said, his sermons are not going to be as relevant as time goes on because they re not going to be commenting on current events and he s not going to be offering words of encouragement to say to his supporters despite the fact that how many blows we ve been dealt, that we re still going
too, who are going to check this stuff out. very few of them are going to be threats so really, the challenge is figuring out who among his audience is going to turn out to be a threat. and that s a very difficult task. all right. is he still alive from the grave? i guess we ll continue to find out. ryan and j.m., thanks so much for your time this morning. thank you. thank you. he tried to kill president ronald reagan. now his sentence could get cut short? wait until you hear why. and he s a country classic. hank williams jr. this morning, well, no, hank williams first and then his son junior is here to talk about his dad, football and politics. hey, good looking.
action, they have issued a joint statement saying the collapse of the qaddafi regime is a victory for the libyan people and put other dictators on notice. here s what they re saying. qaddafi s fall should now send a clear message to dictators around the region and beyond that, this strategy will fail. in particular, that is a lesson for bashar al-assad and we are confidence that his regime will soon join qaddafi s on the ash heap of history. by the way, the two republican senators of the president seemed to agree that the united states must remain involved with the main rebel movement to help make libya a peaceful transition towards establishing freedom of democracy and that will be the difficult challenge. back to you. all right. thanks. john mccain was the first over there to look at the rebels and say these are people we should support and free up the money that s frozen here for decades in this country that are libyan assets. meanwhile we are joined by ryan morrow, the foun
there in green square, ryan, not all those people have been on the same side their whole lives. that s exactly right. if you look at the opposition, you can see this divide. there s some commanders on the ground that actually have worked with the foreign fighters that fought us in iraq and afghanistan. but then you look at the top and the vice chairman now we re supporting them. yes. but the vice chairman says there s no room in libya for an islamic state which the toughest language you can expect from that part of the world. there s a divide even within the opposition. then you have some other people there that want a sharia based state and that s very frightening as well. what does that mean for the united states and our effort to try to set up a government there, at least assist or support the government there? we have to go beyond trying to set up a government and helping the secular elements compete with the islamists. one of the thing that bothers me is a draft consti