a coalition that includes some pragmatic elements win the clergy who are seeing that shiism is losing big time in iraq, the technocrats who are running this regime and know the status quo is untenable and the evolution who realize what they have and realize the continuation of the status quo is, of course, the danger of losing everything. >> charlie: as my friends say to me frequently, "why are you see fascinated, obsessed, interested in iran? >> because it's a wonderful country. >> charlie: paus it's a wonderful country. what else do i say? >> charlie: because it's a wonderful country. what else do i say? >> because in the middle east, i travel around the middle east all the time ooshths one of the only country where is this quest for democracy and change is grassroots and it's not from above, it's not like iraq or afghanistan where it's imposed by the government, it's actually kind of a secular movement. a people's movement has happened over the past couple of years. grassroots. and i think that's what's important. it's also important because it's strategically placed. it has oil. i