some do not want saudi leadership.rs in this moment in time are happy to have saudi leadership. they preferred that obviously seems maddalena perhaps iranian domination. important to remember there hasn't been one strategy coming from thailand. iran is at six different strategies to six independent neighboring states facing to the south. i don't really want to repeat much whether the babak rahimi said. there is one i'm coming from caveman on these revolutions. it's easy for us to talk about the iranians meddling, iranians involved come instigating, but the reality is if you look at each arab revolution specifically, taken a position based on its immediate material interest. so iran said nothing about the early protests in algeria, nothing. iran has to this day really said almost nothing about what's going on. in the case of the judge, iran was one of the most enthusiastic and early supporters of mubarak are reflecting the fact they have had a tough relationship going back to 1980. so the idea there is an ideological dr

arabia because it's afraid of saudi arabia's reaction because the united states is gotten so used to working with dictators that are due there will. well i think you have a couple of issues here and i think i agree that you know these people like barclays who are far terry and rulers do try and play out what will happen after them we know that in the final conversation between president obama and then president mubarak about whether he should step down he kept repeating the word muslim brotherhood muslim brotherhood muslim brotherhood despite that i think the next day then obama came out and said no it's time to step aside i think some of the other rulers have learned somewhat i think the president of yemen doesn't want to end up like with barak being on trial so he cut a deal that says ok i'll leave but you know no prosecution no for me and even in syria they did try it in the emergency emergency law but i think when it comes to whether x. turtle powers like you know europe the united states should get involved that becomes a different situation it's one thing to talk rhetorical it'

when it comes to the saudi kingdom you know the bush dynasty had extremely good relations with the saudi they in a dynasty including george w. bush. and that's the key point here this is the most undemocratic state in the region the most logical way to say wait a second can't compare them or syria to saudi arabia in terms of all can. so you can compare of. course no it's not a democracy doesn't work you need only as you hear your show every year watch the king kong what are in the lobby for you here live on satirist and they tell you you have a really really good come on come on this is this is a riot i mean either you don't know these countries or i what are you saying the most undemocratic state on earth is the saudi kingdom the best friend of the united states of america but in terms of the quality of life for the most people live like i was i'm living and doris lives. in syria. and i have to jump in here i have to jump in here if i want to change had all the oil of the saudi kingdom of course the people would have a better quality of life in syria i mean this is nothing that. you kno

abundant share because they think that the united states support for saudis for it's a very good point if i go out of state. to state it is extremely important. to read a really interesting thing. to president obama. or market action going to the street and shooting people themselves in syria when when . they're giving the regime life to kill ok gilbert i want to go to gilbert in london here i think this is you guys are going to where i really want to get in this program i mean there is this obvious double standard here well one second already had one so i think is extremely optimistic first of all of believing that all the regimes will collapse. and secondly there are three korea is more powerful than weapons and all that well i think. if you had all the rhetorical in libya use in libya the station in libya would have been stabilized under. rule long ago actually. not really extremely optimistic about the scenario in syria. so it's not it's not that easy because precisely as i said there's a basic difference between countries like egypt and tunisia and countries like libya and syria a

arabia what do you think larry that's all about saudi arabia is that all about us it is truly and i saw it in the united states you know as an energy policy they're not going to have the freedom that they would like to deal with such a great look this is not just the middle east you know what happened to the tiananmen square back in nineteen eighty nine you know thousands of people were killed but yet the world deals with you know with with china look what happened you know look what's happened in russia in terms of things that have happened so the idea that somehow or another the united states with or without its allies is going to make the world democratic you know larry larry let me say in a different way than just let me let me say in a different way why can't obama just say look folks beat this regime in saudi arabia they're not very nice people they live centuries in the past but you know what we just have to deal with these guys they're thugs but it's price can't why can't we be transparent and i can be a translator saudi ok little caden i'm not even going to shout easily say

they're the most serious to saudi arabia in terms of all come on although i do. of. course no it's not a dumb army can be early as you. know not people here live a consideration they tell you however it was really come on come on this is this is i mean either you don't know these countries or i was saying the most undemocratic states on earth is the saudi kingdom the best friend of the united states of america but in terms of the quality of life for the people there like it was a door. in syria. and i have to jump in here i have to jump in here if i want to change had all the oil of the saudi kingdom of course the people who would have a better quality of life in syria i mean this is nothing. you know and the fact actually if you look at the real figures of the saudi kingdom the fact that you have poverty in the saudi kingdom the spiders are you would always wealth if there's a lot about the kind of regime that you have there all right you know and this is that i mean by any standard if you take the women standard which also has been used by western countries i guide

but the saudis don't believe it. they do not think that this was just a fit of absentmindedness on our part. they have always suspected that we're going to go back and do a deal with iran the way we did with the shah. and they're very suspicious about that whole process. so we have created this set of circumstances, and that, of course, is what complicates if you talk about the goodies situation, that complicates things very much because you've got another player that is involved in the process. and i personally, we were on this wonderful trip a few years, a year and half ago i guess, two years ago, when we had a chance to talk to the iraqi ayatollahs and discovered that they were not to be enthusiastic about iran. and these were shia leaders, religious leaders and their who really didn't want anything to do with that form of government, or anything like it. which left me feeling that the iranians will exercise some influence in iraq, but it's not going to be a calling and they are not going to take it over. and part

saudi arabia. it's important to bear in mind this iranian saudi rivalry is not something at an islamic republic created. it's always been there. the same can be said about the kind of bribery iran had with iraq. but really the point i'm trying to get to is the impact of the arab revolutions on the iranian strategy. my key question is what strategy did iran have and am looking at the gulf cooperation council states collectively. often? right now we're hearing the word gcc is angry about iranian intervention, mailing and so forth. my point is iran has never had of one strategy for the gcc states. rather we've had to follow on a bilateral level vis-À-vis the members of the gcc states. it's always worked for them. it seems to me right now the iranians are saying the same old game can be played out in the next two months depending on how long this unrest uprising continue. the question is will that work. because there are signs already that gcc states are coming together. they are so afraid of what's ha

now for saudi arabia.and the other gulf arab tyrannies that governed states adjacent to what we too often forget is referred to by the sunni world as the arabian gulf. let me first say that i view saudi arabia and to lesser degree its fellow arab peninsula journeys as the nationstate that is perhaps the most dangerous to united states and the west generally. yes, russia and china are threat to the united states, but they are threats washington openly acknowledges. closely watches and assesses, and is fully capable of intervening america against. saudi arabia, however, it is a serious threat. indeed, one more dangerous than iraq. toward which our governing elite in both parties turns a blind eye. our elite deceitfully pretend that riyadh is close and reliable ally. it keeps america's security depended on its enemies by relying on the saudis to play pro-u.s. role in the world oil market. it endangers our economy by allowing the saudis to buy an ever larger share, up her ever more out of control federal debt.

. >> to talk with him because ever since hosni mubarak stepped down in egypt and the saudies were quite vocal in their displeasure with how the united states handled it, i disagree with the saudi criticism, but i think this is a difficult balancing act that links us to oil, counterterrorism and a range of interests in the region. >> woodruff: maria mcfarland, remind us why the saudis care some of about what is happening in bahrain? >> they don't want a neighboring country to present an example to their citizens of change, of greater democracy. it would be very problematic for the saudis if suddenly their population saw that a neighboring country they had a constitutional monarchy. similarly, it's a problem because the protestors in bahrain are part of the majority shi'a population, for the most part. and the sunni government, like the bahraini government, is sunni.

to truth since of ened some points and all of this double standards home to the us feeds lead and saudi's neighbor grain striving toward so to them a nation years and acceptable as a transponder to the interests of the west while in libya is seen as a priority that my neighbor really forevers and the un mandates under the un mandate we have an obligation to protect civilians from potential atrocities and we have succeeded that doesn't lessen the muse for intervention in the hands of the rebels manifest a goal lead to a double standard democratic rights of citizens and for greater political freedoms i'll support it in countries like egypt tunisia and libya but serious second dri in bakri oh yeah and well western military and security interests are at stake syria is just in the other example not immune to the revolutionary demonstrations conceiving a country and the u.s. state department is there are quick to condemn the violence as arab awakening can see is one who holds weight national interests all the rights of the people themselves that is what crossed our artsy. ok stephen i know if y

security than in making sure they keep their seats on the saudi gravy train.

predominantly seen backplane ruled by a sunni minority people have been sluggishly silenced and the saudi truth intervenes some point of this double standard home to the us feeds leave and so does neighbor grain striving toward so to them a nation you piers and acceptable as a transponder interests of the west while in libya democracy is seen as a priority and that by never really for ever and the un mandate under the un mandate we have obligation to protect civilians from potential atrocities and we have succeeded in that thus the military intervention in defiance of the rebels manifest a great lead and double standard democratic rights of citizens and for greater political freedoms are supported in countries like egypt tunisia and libya but serious second dri in bakri or yemen where western military and security interests are at stake syria is just in the other example. not so new to the revolutionary demonstrations when seen in the country and the u.s. state department is there a quick to condemn the violence as the arab awakening can see as more weight national interests all the right

in washington today, hundreds of bahrainis gathered outside the saudi embassy to protest the saudi involvementr country. >> saudi arabia is actually helping them. they sent troops, weapons. they're helping them, and we want to stop this. we don't want anybody helping them, because this is wrong. >> brown: others said the u.s. needed to live up to its own ideals on a consistent basis. >> we cannot pick and choose which peaceful revolution to support. we need to support the values that we stand on, which is human rights, justice, democracy, and that's exactly what the people of bahrain are asking for. >> brown: the marchers then headed to the white house to deliver that message in person. >> lehrer: coming up: more on the middle east and u.s. policy in the region; plus, shields and brooks; the environmental costs of the gulf oil spill; and a look ahead to robert macneil's series on autism. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: president obama promised today the initial drawdown of u.s. troops from afghanistan will be more than symbolic. the pullout is sla

so to truth intervened some points in all of this double standards home to the us feed sleeve and saudis neighbor grain striving toward soldiers in my nation here's an acceptable as a transponder for the interests of the west while in libya democracy is seen as a priority and backed by nato military emperors and a un mandate under the un mandate we have an obligation to protect civilians from potential atrocities and we have succeeded if that doesn't lessen news so intervention in defiance of the rebels manifestly bullied and double standard that a critic rights of citizens and for greater political freedoms are supported in countries like egypt tunisia and libya with serious second dri in buckley oh yeah and well western military and security interests are at stake syria is just in the other example not immune to the revolutionary demonstrations can see where it crosses a country and the u.s. state department is there are quick to condemn the violence as airwaves and can see is one who hosts weight national interests all the rights of the people themselves that international law crossta

and the saudis too are the bridge from our second source of concern in the persian gulf, the saudi kingdom and brother tyrannies to the third, namely osama bin laden, are part of, their allies and increasing numbers of muslims inspired by each. when all is said and done, osama bin laden is not an anomaly in saudi arab.

and the saudis are are not going to budge i mean it seems like this marriage of tribal feudalism and modern capitalism is really beginning to fall apart it's breaking here why doesn't the united states really make that clear to the saudis say we've really got to happen to have a new kind of relationship because the current regime that you have in the in the region is untenable. i'll borrow one of our president's favorite quotes and say arc of history is long but it bends towards justice i mean we've seen that there are calls for a liberal democracy in the middle east i believe that the alsace on the wrong side of history and saudi arabia will be a democracy sometime in the future but that if the us like takes an aggressive posture will promote alienation and backlash but i just want to go back to one thing so stephen said to say that when he said that essentially the u.s. has a sort of hypocritical response because you know we're just supporting any dictatorship that will help us out a lot just sort of draw a parallel to the repression in belarus we're seeing some similar things go o

even so, there have been protests by the country's shiite minority against saudi rule. but they were quickly put down. saudi's king abdullah surprised almost everyone by sending his country's military into bahrain to suppress shiite demonstrations in that country. the king and other saudi officials are known to be unhappy with the obama administration for pushing egyptian president mubarak out so quickly. but until my weekend interview with prince saud, the foreign minister, there has been no public comment. >> the evidence is overwhelming now that people are demanding more change and a greater voice at a faster pace. >> reporter: and the influence of the united states on saudi affairs? >> reporter: recently, king abdullah spread $125 billion among workers, the military, and for housing, a giveaway that prince saud insists was long planned and not an attempt to buy loyalty. when king abdullah spread all that money around, it didn't hurt his standing with the saudi people, of course. but then in fairness to him, he's always been a very popular monarch. >> we have good co

one is the domestic situation in saudi arabia, and the other is -- did i just shut it down? is that okay? >> the other is, they are only related but they do come together at the end of his presentation. you may have read analyses, and longwood in "the wall street journal," saying saudi arabia will be the next big, no of the arab spring. after all it's sort of autocratic country and geriatric leadership. youth employment bulge, it has all those characteristics.

it keeps america's energy security depended on its enemies by relying on the saudis to play pro u.s. role in the world oil market and endangers our economy by allowing the saudis to buy a larger share of our ever more out of control federal debt. addition the saudis have built a highly effective lobby in the united states which is as pernicious and corrupting as anyone else but more quiet and subtle. it employs former u.s. ambassadors, generals and senior intelligence officers to argue its case in the white house, congress and the media and wall street journal. needless to say this lobby's work is assisted by our oil and armsmaking organizations whose concerns have less to do with u.s. securities and making sure they keep their seats on the

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the the arab league was still needed somewhat awkward for them and they'll have good relations with saudi arabia so the rest of the dynamics that made them were locked in to oppose foursquare what was being done i mean if the presentation at the time was very different from what we see today right and one thing that i really want to get to we just have a minute left i want to ask you know with them if they do coordinate better and work more closely together as a bloc within the u.n. security council how will this change the u.n. how will this affect the united states and just the geopolitical kind of issues that are that are at the forefront because the brics countries have really different relations with many of the countries the u.s. has in the last well i think early every china have a battle like this a big part of what people are fighting about is the next time you have about a like this so i think if you know if your played the scene in the future with another country another attempt the u.s. british french military mention under the cover u.n. security council resolution i suspect

more than 100 new mosques have been built banks to saudi funding. -- thanks to saudi funding.the imam study of a school in saudi arabia. >> we have introduced a new spirit into the country. our people are receptive to this religion. they found a new identity with islam. that is what scares the intelligence services. and that is what they want to close our school. >> and for muslims here, that has only strengthened their resolve to defend what they see as the true teachings of islam. >> what wou you do if you saw an old wooden ship? one croatian is a rare example of a sailing family, almost 100 years ago. he was determined to restore the ship to its former glory. it has not been smooth sailing. >> the water is icy cold. what is down below is also daunting. it is iraq, nearly 100 years old. it was the last -- is a wreck, nearly 100 years old. it sank off the coast. in winter, part of it was about water. these men are passionate, and crazy enough to try to raise the ship. behind the plan is this man. his father and grandfather went to see to it. this 57-year-old wants to preserve

in the united states depends on saudi oil and it depends on the gulf countries buying our debt so we don't have a choice and to me bahrain is the single most dangerous point the middle east right now should people be of paying more attention to that as opposed to libya are we again displacing our resources in libya when we should be focused on something else when i say we i mean the united states government libya is a nonsense if they're really concerned about humanitarian aid or a humanitarian situation if they if nato had not intervened that war would be over nobody would be even killed at the moment now it's appears to be an endless war but in terms of u.s. interests bahrain is really a dangerous thing it's like august one nine hundred fourteen your army is don't want to work there the saudis don't want to war there the americans don't want to work there but it's has a momentum of its own if the shia keep demonstrating do you think anybody i don't know who still speak to you in the cia in the obama administration is anybody talking about that on the inside in a way that your i don

as for saudi arabia, i believe there is a movement. there was a book written by a saudi girl. it was translated into english. i go to saudi. i have been going there for 20 years. i read the book. i was struck by the amount of things i never knew even though i go there every year. this book was an eye opening experience. people are speaking out. the girl was put in trouble for publishing the book. she is not allowed to enter saudi arabia. this morning, i checked the news. women in saudi arabia are pushing for voting. they want to vote. that is a good step. what happened in egypt and tunisia is now taking over the middle east. i hope to u.s. addresses -- you talked about oil. we have to balance that and help people to speak out and get ready to be. host: may, did you change your parents when you went to saudi arabia? did you cover up? guest: it depends on where you are. it has become more liberated than in the past. they have the black dress that covers them from the shoulders of. it depends on where you are going. i see many americans working. i have never been to other parts e

but the saudis don't believe it. they do not think that this was just a fit of absentmindedness on our part. they have always suspected that we're going to go back and do a deal with iran the way we did with the shah. and they're very suspicious about that whole process. so we have created this set of circumstances, and that, of course, is what complicates if you talk about the goodies situation, that complicates things very much because you've got another player that is involved in the process. and i personally, we were on this wonderful trip a few years, a year and half ago i guess, two years ago, when we had a chance to talk to the iraqi ayatollahs and discovered that they were not to be enthusiastic about iran. and these were shia leaders, religious leaders and their who really didn't want anything to do with that form of government, or anything like it. which left me feeling that the iranians will exercise some influence in iraq, but it's not going to be a calling and they are not going to take it over. and part

saudi arabia, abu dhabi, the richs nations in the world tell us to go into libya. they tell us to go in. france leads the way. that's the beauty. france is the leader. forget that. the arab league is so wealthy, they have so much money they have cash pouring out of their ears and they tell us and we're a debtor nation. they tell us to go in and take out gadhafi. why aren't they paying us? when they said that you should have said, we'll go in. we want $5 billion. we have already spent $1.5 billion on fighting gadhafi. we want $5 billion right now and we'll go in. you know what? that's peanuts to them. they'd give you a check in two seconds. they'd go boom, boom, boom, thank you very much. we don't have the mentality that thinks to ask for it. >> it's a businessm mentality. >> i think it's common sense. thank you. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your doing this. i do. >> thank you very much, candy. >> friday, we asked trump's office if they were able to check up on what percent he's paying on his personal income

the bashar assad government like the recent reports and the weekly leaks cables prove it with also saudi arabia is financing the whistling brotherhood in syria and the muslim brotherhood its decency is a weapon used idea where to go on a saudi arabia b. would love to have a very very close ally you syria in the form of a muslim brotherhood government so i would say the attention to syria in the next five six weeks and how full washington ever push this china is of course making credits for the u.s. how far would washington go in competition with beijing where the problem is good dissent washington agendas white house and national security agencies cia the pentagon the pentagon these interesting africa agenda the one two windows were in libya install an african b. in africa where we have to remember the african headquarters and structure in germany because nobody now africa had quite its peace you know an african country and then the dominoes libya i do we coast we trade sea badly so my salt he said the next day i mean us to fail according to the african pentagon agenda and then leader ow

but the saudis don't believe it. they do not think that this was just a fit of absentmindedness on our part. they have always suspected that we're going to go back and do a deal with iran the way we did with the shah. and they're very suspicious about that whole process. so we have created this set of circumstances, and that, of course, is what complicates if you talk about the goodies situation, that complicates things very much because you've got another player that is involved in the process. and i personally, we were on this wonderful trip a few years, a year and half ago i guess, two years ago, when we had a chance to talk to the iraqi ayatollahs and discovered that they were not to be enthusiastic about iran. and these were shia leaders, religious leaders and their who really didn't want anything to do with that form of government, or anything like it. which left me feeling that the iranians will exercise some influence in iraq, but it's not going to be a calling and they are not going to take it over. and part

defense secretary robert gates was holding talks today in saudi arabia meeting with king abdullah now he told reporters coming out of that meeting they talked about developments in the region and of course iran but we're asking was really behind that meeting and what will we see in the aftermath what will be the outcome because we want to take you back a few weeks you may recall gates was in the region recently visiting another persian gulf ally bahrain that was back on march eleventh he had a meeting with the king there and just days after he left what happened saudi tranks what role didn't really see him right there and a thousand troops they wrote to the country to help the monarchy suppress anti-government protesters the bahraini government declared martial law and what you see right there violent images of a crackdown hit the internet protestors being shot apparently point blank now the u.s. stood by and as protesters died in bahrain they also urged for humanitarian help in libya a totally different position and with pointed this out about the reality of looking at american. i'm

almost all the detainees from saudi arabia were returned to saudi arabia.decisions were based on commitments that the united stas made to those governments or commitments it wanted to keep with those governments. >> brown: charlie savage, you were telling us about these cases of detainees providing information about other prisoners, but i gather that too raised all kinds of questions about reliability. can you give us an example or two. >> certainly. well, i mean one of the things that's interesting about this whole process is because of the habeas corpus cases that some detainees have been bringing in court, we've had a series of judicial rulings by article 3 judges and in some cases military judges who have looked at the government's evidence and ruled that it's not good and the detainees needed to be let go. in some cases there were veiled references to certain witnesses against prisoners having been unliable. it was so censored you had no idea what they were talking about. with these files you can see a small number of detainees are in some case providi

libya, saudi arabia, and the others say, "we do not like gaddafi. we would like you to take them out." obama said, ok." we formed a group -- nato is us. nato is largely us. we do not even have control over what the hell we are doing. gaddafi is driving down the street waving at everybody. can you believe this? listen to this one -- do is the leader of the group? france. france wanted to go in first. of course, we have not seen them sense, but they were there the first day and they got all the glamour. [applause] they form a group and they go in and at obama talks about the regime -- we do not want to kill or hurt anybody, we want to change government -- nobody knows what the hell he is talking about. you know the other thing about libya that really bothers me? it always gets back to china. while we are spending billions of dollars being policeman of the world, china is spending $1 billion a day buying the world. i just told an apartment for $33 million. only in new york can this happen. the apartment was just sold in a building i have on central par

we are proud to be saudi arabs. all of the arab regimes are compromised on the subject of israel and the iranians are not. to the extent there is a deep- seated opposition to root l israel, the iranians are doing more about that than any of the steny arab regions. -- sunni arab regions. >> why has the iranian leadership crackdown so hard? we all know the paranoia behind the shiites in bahrain. there were divisions within the sunni family in bahrain. some wanted to have a dialogue and come to a more reasonable approach. the others participated in the crackdown. for the saudis, it was a red line. we have five more minutes, i think. >> one of the big strategic questions that was brought up this morning i would like to address. you have a piece coming out with james town on iran. that seems to be the big question about what would be the strategic impact on iran. should the regime fall -- strategic conventions address what it would mean. if you could just address how the saudis might react. it seems like it might be the

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as for saudi arabia, i believe there is a movement. there was a book written by a saudi girl.t was translated into english. i go to saudi. i have been going there for 20 years. i read the book. i was struck by the amount of things i never knew even though i go there every year. this book was an eye opening experience. people are speaking out. the girl was put in trouble for publishing the book. she is not allowed to enter saudi arabia. this morning, i checked the news. women in saudi arabia are pushing for voting. they want to vote. that is a good step. what happened in egypt and tunisia is now taking over the middle east. i hope to u.s. addresses -- you talked about oil. we have to balance that and help people to speak out and get ready to be. host: may, did you change your parents when you went to saudi arabia? did you cover up? guest: it depends on where you are. it has become more liberated than in the past. they have the black dress that covers them from the shoulders of. it depends on where you are going. i see many americans working. i have never been to other parts exc

really who created nurtured the political elites that rule in these places why are saudi arabia. the u.a.e. and britain supporting supporting quote unquote but not crecy activists in libya but fighting against democracy activists in bahrain and saudi arabia doesn't really make sense locally on a personal note i guess i want to ask you to speak for your generation for others like you you know second or third generation generation muslims living in the west you seem and you have seen for many months angry about what's going on do you think that this is a sentiment shared you know by your peers by people like you. i think it's important to also understand that one side of my family is english you know i had. a great aunt on one side of my family who was married to a man in the military that lived on the british military base in libya as a human being i don't believe it is right for britain or any other country in the world to have any type of military base in libya and believe me if these powers get their way when all is said and done there will be a foreign military base again in l