on c-span, they have often had the former head of the cia, michael shearer, on and he's in the three issues on what people are angry with the u.s. is our support for dictators in the region, the u.s. support for israel matter what they do -- no matter what they do, and also our military bases to access the oil in that region. if you could talk about the core reasons of people in that part of the world are so angry about with the u.s., as michael shearer has talked about. guest: one of the stories i tell in my book has to do with, frankly, my first experiences meeting with a large group of islamic americans and foreign students in madison, wisconsin, did you days after 9/11. they had an open house to have a dialogue. they had a wonderful reception and had a great time talking. i asked the question the basically asked, what the source of the the dealings in the middle east war. there were comments about israel and the palestinians, and part of the iq war, no-fly policies come humanitarian issues at the time. the overwhelming criticism was that we supported dictators and despots in the