but also not to project one country solutions on another country so each and every one of the arab spring nations that have spring one point or 2 point or are different but they're also the same so i think lebannon and the lebanese in the streets of lebanon probably need to learn the lessons of upheavals of fiascos in other countries and one of the most fundamental conclusion we our of the last decade is one you need peaceful protests that violent protests and civil wars on the lights that we've seen in different countries just next door in syria are not only counterproductive they are destructive and 2 you can't just be against something you have to be for something and you have to be very detailed about what are you for because you can be against the regime you you can you want to undo the regime but then what's so the lebanese today they don't have really a common a leadership with a common vision for lebanon what they do or are insisting on is a change of leadership but that will have to given for something more detailed and more clear on their part does that mean that if perhaps the existing

displaced and casualties and so on so forth and having watched some of the disasters of the arab spring nations for them just to go on to do that that is a sign that the arab spring 2.0 that that we've seen taken place in the area in sudan is to some degree in iraq and now or never been on it is moving in different direction from those that we've seen taking place in 2011 where in lebanon today there is a certain insistence on peaceful protests and where the military is insisting that they are for the people demonstrating freely demanding their rights peacefully so i think may have begun to learn the lessons and the mistakes if you are also in the failures of some of the arab spring nations and that's why just in 4 days i believe it or that they have moved the lebanese government and its 3 pillars on the one hand hezbollah that's been sort of the backbone of the government side that has really that's been the prime minister as well as the president that his son and though all of 3 pillars of this government establishment if you will have been quite bruised by the ongoing demonstrations obviousl

arab spring. at the time i was the national security council director, leading the response efforts to the arab spring. and i have to tell you he's pretty much a straight shooter. he's very much a capable diplomat. he's one of the best we have. and he's a man who understands the importance of security and foreign assistance to advancing our national interests. reading through his memo yesterday i wasn't surprised to see him assert so forcefully how much the security interest was in the national security interest of our country. >> what was most glaring to you in that opening statement that was released? >> the one thing that stood out to me which i'm not sure many people have picked up on is he makes a direct through line from the president of the united states to the chief of staff and omb director mick mulvaney ought foreign assistance. he actually lays out and says essentially an omb staff person confirmed during an nsc civits that the president had directed the chief of staff to tell omb to withhold the assistance. that is a pretty important fact. draws the quid pro quo directly back to the presid

arab spring. always great to hear in science thank you so much. now the united nations is calling for an end to the violence in iraq which is a left nearly $100.00 people dead and thousands wounded security forces have repeatedly opened fire on demonstrators who've been protesting against corruption and unemployment. i was there was. another funeral procession in iraq the country has seen almost a 100 deaths in the past week this one is for a protester whose family say he was shot by police 1 well i hope they don't find out that he went out to defend his rights nothing more. he had nothing on him and was sort of he was targeted by snipers to head shots that go on before nothing like the feel of us. this is the sound that is greeted protesters in recent days police cracking down on crowds with deadly results. protests began last tuesday sparked by anger over unemployment corruption and a lack of basic services like electricity and water it's a movement without leadership crossing political and sectarian divides. but those who go to parliament wearing suits don't represen

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national security it's about behavior as a stakeholder in the global economy. this doesn't go away any time soon. >> you had a front row seat for the arab spring, obviously i thinkpolitical position >> no. >> you never did >> never there was speculation. >> i know. i know which is pretty cool never really been considered to run any country, i don't think anyway, did -- do you see any similarities on what's happening in hong kong in terms of a fuse being lit on something that lasts longer and goes further than most people think >> where i see similarities is that the people protesting are focusing on what they don't want it's not clear to anybody how to transition to what they want i think the big lesson of brexit three years ago, the big lesson of the arab spring is before you d dismantle something, know what you want to put in its place. >> the average person in mainland china, what's their impression >> they know very little what's going on. >> are they freedom fighters or agitators sh. >> to the extent they know what's going on, they're told they're agitators. i'm told by chinese friends there isn't much information on hong kong available other than the offic