of these events and make sure that a free and fair election is held. one additional point, our military to military relationship with the egyptians is very good. we ve had an excellent relationship with them for years. i wish we had such a good relationship with the pakistani military outside of the general. i think that our military and the egyptian military can continue this close cooperation. we don t want the people of egypt to turn against the army. greta: suppose we communicate that to mubarak and he says, no? i don t it is hard to predict events. i m very worried about the influence of the muslim brotherhood. deeply concerned about them hijacking any election. we ve seen what happens when hamas was elected in gaza. at the same time, i think we have to take this risk and
totally with. but he sealed off gaza. he has been staunch opponent of al-qaeda, helped us in our fight against them and terrorism. to his own benefit as well as ours. i think for the first 10, 12 years of his presidency, he was very good. power corrupts. power intoxicates. and i m afraid that he lost touch with the people of egypt. and also, made fundamental mistake of not moving towards a more free and open society and democracy in his country. now obviously, they are paying the fiddler. greta: i try to put my is self in the shoes of the people on the street. if mubarak steps down, he may be seen as having been a puppet of the united states
totally with. but he sealed off gaza. he has been staunch opponent of al-qaeda, helped us in our fight against them and terrorism. to his own benefit as well as ours. i think for the first 10, 12 years of his presidency, he was very good. power corrupts. power intoxicates. and i m afraid that he lost touch with the people of egypt. and also, made fundamental mistake of not moving towards a more free and open society and democracy in his country. now obviously, they are paying the fiddler. greta: i try to put my is self in the shoes of the people on the street. if mubarak steps down, he may be seen as having been a puppet of the united states
parts still reach gaza. what happens if egypt stops policing its border? three years ago when israel responded to rocket fire by sealing off gaza, palestinians blew holes in the border fence, thousands of desperate people poured across while egyptian guars watched. of all of egypt s neighbors, israel must be watching with the most concern right now after several wars, egypt became the first arab nation to make peace with israel back in 1979. that peace has held ever since. israelis right now are deeply worried about what happens next. let s go to jerusalem. fionnuala sweeney is join us live. the prime minister of israel net taia hugh spoke out today. what did he say? it was the first time that a government official had gone on camera and publicly made a statement. he spoke yesterday at a cabinet meeting but elaborated somewhat today after a meeting with