religions as the same" which you talkedbout a a recent visit to me while he was here for the united nations assely, he was denounced by members of themuslim brotherhood. >> the interesting thing is egypt for so long has been the intellectual heart and soul of the arab world. turkey is not arab. >> rose: nor is iran. >> nor is ir. but turkey has become in many ways the most important muslim country today and egypt not the model for anyone. egypt is now starting basically from scratch and you he a lot of tension that's ongoing. the process started during the 18-day uprising that ousted president mubarak has only begun and egypt a microcosm of what we face across the region. it's the beginning of the againing and they have to go through a process not just of elections where the current polls indicate that well over half don't know who they're going to vote for, no one... no party gets more than 3 3-% to 5% support. a lot of the assumptions about who's going to win... >> rose: there's also a debate as whether o not it would be the right time to have a presidential election because those who were looki