[unintelligible] host: nora bensahel.st: i agree with what the caller said, that there are different groupings and history makes it very complicated. i think it is premature to talk about what the ultimate outcome is going to be. whether it will hold together under someone else's control. there are a lot of dynamics to play out. opening the lines backup raises questions about who should have power and who should not. host: an update on the situation in libya, nato warships patrolling off the coast to enforce u.n. arms embargo has begun. out of yemen this morning, the parliament has approved a request to impose an emergency law for 30 days, the latest sign that the president plans to cling to power, demanding his ouster. next to that, the financial times has a piece saying that saudi plans to abandon the leader. nora bensahel, thank you so much for talking to our viewers about the military strategy in libya. we are going to switch topics. coming up next, doubling u.s. exports with the chairman of the u.s. export-import ban

you are on the air with nora bensahel. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i agree with the gentleman that was just on. if anyone from this country believe that we took up arms against our government, that they would not shoot us down, you'd better believe they would shoot us down. the trouble is we want to control the middle east and we are taking country after country after country over now. we have bases in saudi arabia and in iraq, afghanistan, and pakistan. we have one in israel that people do not know of. until the american people wake up and see that we want to take over the middle east for oil -- that is the only reason. wal-mart gaddafi is trying to protect himself -- muammar qaddafi is trying to protect himself. host: johnny mentioned being shot down. here is a headline from usa today. do you know the specifics of this? was it shot down? guest: what i read in the paper is there was a mechanical problem, that it was not shot down. host: this is an e-mail from a viewer. this person wants to know what the social policies have been of muammar gaddafi.