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p.j. crowley. do you agree with that? >> first, jenna, you have to look at this rivalry gone on in the region regarding iran and saudi arabia. together with egypt, these are three countries that fervently believe they should be leaders of that region. you see it play out in a country like syria. client state of iran. iran is throwing lifelines to bashar al-assad. saudi arabia is funding the syrian opposition. would love to see that leadership shift from a shia leadership to a sunni majority leadership. so, yes there is a definite connection in terms of the arab spring, how these transitions are playing out. it is raising the stakes for leadership within the region. within the context you see this plot between iran and saudi arabian play out. >> you mentioned the decades. background here between all these different states including our own. why now though? why this plot now? >> i see it exactly in the context of what has happened in the region this year. you've got egypt, for example, that is distracted by its own transiti