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If you would like to speak about us, you must speak about us from our position, from our view. i just wanted to add something to what you just said right now about understanding the arab mentality. i think that, you know, our revolution, i don t like the term arab spring because it s not a season. it s our demands. it s our rights. and i think that a lesson that we can all learn is that the obama administration had the wrong idea about i think they were fooled by the mubarak regime into thinking that egyptians are want mubarak and, you know, if mubarak leaves, then it s going to be the muslim brotherhood. that was the choice that mubarak was leaving obama. here in egypt we separate between the american government and the american foreign policy that we re speaking of now and the american people. and i think that you have probably witnessed that out on the streets. if you say that you re american, you re going to be welcomed and ....
i just wanted to add something to what you just said right now about understanding the arab mentality. i think that, you know, our revolution, i don t like the term arab spring because it s not a season. it s our demands. it s our rights. and i think that a lesson that we can all learn is that the obama administration had the wrong idea about i think they were fooled by the mubarak regime into thinking that egyptians are want mubarak and, you know, if mubarak leaves, then it s going to be the muslim brotherhood. that was the choice that mubarak was leaving obama. here in egypt, we separate between the american government and the american foreign policy that we re speaking of now and the american people. and i think that you have probably witnessed that out on the streets. if you say that you re american, you re going to be welcomed and there s hospitality. but i think that the obama administration doesn t really make that difference and didn t make that difference between the e ....
and finally, the two top presidential candidates in egypt, two former office mates now rivals. let me first give you some of my own thoughts, having spent some time in cairo and actually listened to president obama s speech from here in tahrir square. the president s speech was remarkably comprehensive. it described the events that we now call the arab spring, explain their causes and consequences. he placed the united states squarely behind the democratic wave everywhere. though he didn t specifically mention one country. saudi arabia. the place where america s interests and values most obviously clash. i don t blame him. street protests in saudi arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession. that s a tough one. obama outlined specific policies to help the arab revolutions get consolidated. all good stuff. and he also talked about the need for a resolution of the israeli/palestinian conflict. with two states base ....
ironic story about egypt s plummeting economy. and finally, the two top presidential candidates in egypt, two former office mates now rivals. let me first give you some of my own thoughts, having spent some time in cairo and actually listened to president obama s speech from here in tahrir square. the president s speech was remarkably comprehensive. it described the events that we now call the arab spring, explain their causes and consequences. he placed the united states squarely behind the democratic wave everywhere. though he didn t specifically mention one country. saudi arabia. the place where america s interests and values most obviously clash. i don t blame him. street protests in saudi arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession. that s a tough one. obama outlined specific policies to help the arab revolutions get consolidated. all good stuff. and he also talked about the need for a resolution of the i ....
Chanting we are almost there. the question for them is what comes in next. will they be happy with the transition plan? so far the protesters have only said we want mubarak out. mubarak out. we ll leave the square. well, if mubarak leaves, what transition plan will they be happy with so part protesters haven t put forth one. megyn: we ll get back to you momentarily. joining me now is peter brooks. you watch these crowds and it s tough not to feel really just extreme empathy for them and what they are going through. the muslim brotherhood piled on, but this began as a grassroots movement by people who have been oppressed for three decades. we as americans have to worry about wait means for our stability with mubarak out and somebody else in come the next election and we get worried when ....