amanda batista, student at american university. in terms of long-term counter- terrorism efforts made by the u.s., how important is the american image, particularly in middle eastern states? if the american image or reputation is important, how can we make it better? is it through drones or financial purse strings? >> how central is the u.s. to this discussion? can we have the air of spring and terrorism debate take place without uncle sam automatically being the face of this debate? >> i think the u.s. has a role to play that is very important, a critical role to play in the region. because of the historyer, and baggage [indiscernible] . most of the population comes tunesia.nesia indonesiand they did not want to see u.s. support for political institutions in the country, which is normal. you would not want to see a man support political institutions in the united states either. the u.s. has to play a role of supporting democracy and try to build more, even in the economic work, at least to build more ties with the people of civil