host: michael is next in eatonville, new jersey. a democrat. good morning. caller: it seems pretty obvious to me that our government takes the position that the ends justify the means. i understand a little bit about the complexities of the middle east and how we have to have alliances. the point i am trained to get is, where do we finally draw a line in the sand that we cannot cross? for instance, an author gets abducted in this country or another country or something even worse, maybe maybe somebody attacks lindsey graham for what he said. where is our country going to draw the line? is there anybody that can tell me? guest: well, you always try to balance these relationships, and these are difficult. i think somebody is always going to be a little bit unhappy about where you put the balance. again, as we have discussed, our relationship with saudi arabia is not based on values, not like the relationship with the u.k., with western europe. it is a relationship based on a set of shared interests and principles that have held true over almost three quarters

host: michael is next in eatonville, new jersey, good morning. democrat. caller: it seemed pretty obvious to me that our government has taken the position that the ends justifies the means, and i understand a little bit about the complexities of the middle east and how we need alliances. the point i'm trying to get is where can we draw a line in the sand that we can't cross? if an author gets inducted in this country or another, or something worse? someone attacks lindsey graham for something he said. where is our country going to draw the line? can anybody tell me? you always try to balance these relationships, and they are difficult. i think that somebody is always going to try it -- going to be unhappy about where you put the balance. discussed, our relationship with saudi arabia is not based on values, like in the u.k. or western europe. it is a relationship based on a set of shared interests and principles that have held true over almost three quarters of a century, through democratic, republican administrations. i think this is an important i think t

. >> michael was up next in eatonville, new jersey. democrat, good morning. >> good morning. it seems obvious to me that the ends justify the means. i'd just understand about the middle east and how we need to haveve alliances. where do we finally draw a line in the sand that we can't cross? for instance, either in this country or another country or something even worse like somebody takes an attack -- [inaudible] where is our country going to draw the line? can anybody tell you? >> well come you always try to balance these relationships and these are difficult and i think that somebody is always going to be a little bit unhappy about the balance. again, as with disgust, our relationship with saudi arabia is not based on values. it's not like the relationship with the u.k. or with western europe. it's a relationship that is based on a set of shared interests and principles that does held through over, you know, almost three quarters of a century through democratic republicanre administrations. i think that this is coming and no, this is an important thing. the relationship wi

. >> host: michael is up next in eatonville new jersey, a democrat. >> caller: it seems obvious to me that ourgovernment has taken a position that the ends justify the means and i understand a little bit about the complexities of the middle east and how we need to have alliances . the point i'm trying to get is where do we finally draw the line in the sand that we can't cross? maybe an author gets adopted in this country or even worse, some attacks lindsey graham for what he said? where is our country going to draw the line? can anybody tell me? >> guest: you always try to balance these relationships and these are difficult and i think that somebody is always going to be a little bit unhappy about where you put gthe balance and again, as we discussed, our relationship with saudi arabia is not based on values. it's not like the relationship with the uk or western europe. it's a relationship that's based on a set of shared interests and principles that have held true over almost 3/4 of a century through democratic andrepublican administrations . i think that this is an important thing.