television over there. they re watching this guy. this crazy guy, this zealot talking nuclear. well, most of what the iranians are doing are actually legal under the terms of the nonproliferation treaty. they claim it is all part of a nuclear peaceful energy program. to the middle of the road israeli watching this you re saying b.b. get your trigger finger ready? i think there is a real split in israel, some prepared to go whenever offered the opportunity. there are also many in the military who are very wary that you think iraq and afghanistan were tough, you try iran. the repercussions are not simply the fallout in the immediate aftermath of a strike on a suspected nuclear facility. it is how it plays out across the region in changing the political dynamics. inciting everybody against israel. not at all. the oisarabs are with israel aren t they on this? the real danger is that if
cnn.com/gps. i find there is very little new to say about the middle east, but the author stephen kinzer has found things to say in his book, reset. he recommends the united states find now partners in the region, that saudi arabia and israel aren t cutting it anymore. the logical partners, he says, are turkey, and surprisingly, iran, but he makes a strong and interesting case. both nations share our democratic values, for the most part, as well as our interest in regional stability. he talks about the fascinating tale about a missionary who 100 years after his death is still a hero in iran today. it s a good read. we will be right back.
do you think the world can realistically move off its addiction to oil and gasoline in the next 20 years? let me know what you think. some exciting news. we have received countless requests from you for an audio version of the gps podcast. the video file is too big, you said, you wanted to listen to it on your ipod, your car stereo, et cetera. we heard you, and we ve done it. you can now subscribe to either the audio or video podcast at itunes. and you can always see either version on our website, cnn.com/gps. all this is free. now, as i do every week, i want to recommend a book. i find that there s usually very little new to say about the middle east. but the author steven kinsler has found something quite novel and interesting to say in his new book reset: iran, turkey, and america s future. he recommends that the united states find new partners in the region, that saudi arabia and israel aren t cutting it anymore.
many of us have always thought that hezbollah controlled that government anyway, but now perhaps this tu multipmult has y of the sunni citizens to say i m not crazy about all this intervention coming from across borders from iran. frankly maybe our neighbors to the south in israel aren t so bad after all. but this is certainly a remarkable moment in the civic life of the world where these little sparks are setting off changes that none of us thought even possible a year ago. because the tunisia, lebanon, egypt, now yemen. it could spill over, who knows to jordan, algeria, morocco, other countries. is this good for the u.s. or bad for the u.s.? look, we always make the mistake in the united states of america, we tend to embrace the spot that s least troublesome to us. i think in this case ronald reagan was right, that we want to have freedom in these countries and that will ultimately work out to the benefit of the united states.