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How will the Libyan uprising affect the United States?
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- Date Aug 22, 2011
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-- what does this mean for us we'll get to the rebels in this.
Woods -- if you look at -- financial markets not all of which are open yet but this morning it suggests that immediately.
The impact domestically made includes cheaper.
Per barrel.
Oil prices.
Right stock market won't make a distinction there's rentals are gonna do yeah -- well it isn't there the presumption is that Libyan pipelines would at least be reopened a lot of -- of government shut down I doubt in this in the recent weeks and months.
Not that they might open immediately -- in the futures markets served projects out the impact.
Further further into the future so.
-- the net impact this morning on Wall Street is used to be a positive one.
-- -- means domestically politically.
You know harder harder to handicap build a -- in to see if over the course of the day Obama revisits that early decision which was not cut short the vacation.
You -- remember He was on official business in South America when we began.
This not really involved leading from behind limited Connecticut actually He came back to Washington for that.
The fact is not coming sort of non official Mike Allen in an economy in turmoil and if tipping point of the ability and more.
I think that's -- -- -- revisit.
I want will -- done in defense of your boyfriend's.
We don't carry with him any little mining -- anymore -- -- in defense of the president the president was briefed all day.
Over the last couple of days about Libya.
-- and He was being president.
From Martha's that you trade deals the -- yesterday you.
You know I and let me just say something this is I am so sick of all the Republicans going after if you look at the stats on how much time George Bush spent.
And his little place at this time at his home -- -- -- -- written my husband is not Obama's hopeful yes what the president of the United States this president doesn't have the money that George Bush had because He didn't sell his.
His baseball team for 15100 on the -- or twelve million dollars -- and then looks LC He did not make -- you're getting confused with Sarah Palin.
Let me just say one thing that that the fact is is that where the president is the United States and if you look at every.
-- and the Democrats were after bush for his vacation it doesn't really matter where these guys aren't ones they're in the United States.
Understand this with them their at their briefing is within their CIA briefing with -- it doesn't matter whether you sitting on top of a -- I mean isn't.
The matter is in the the tee box.
Playing golf and it doesn't matter -- White House.
In the present the United States currently hiring -- -- -- national Chrysler classic -- if this isn't really.
The issue whether he's on vacation or not to be honest with you I just booked a vacation I mean everybody deserves to tell -- don't worry.
-- -- -- -- this is my -- for drink that I will ask for eventually.
The point is this is a huge deal for that entire region but we saw in Egypt and Cairo when the people took to the streets like they never were able to do before they got what they wanted they still have not been able to establish a government.
Who knows what the strength -- the military is there who knows what our relationship will be would be just going forward.
It is the only upside -- oil with respect seeing live -- file I don't right -- it's geography of Libya's.
Very very important because word is on the Mediterranean.
In terms.
It where it is in Africa.
And and how it relates to the other countries around an IQ well hello everybody turn on the show about a million times that I'm very involved in south Sudan.
And south Sudan is a country with the north Sudan where -- where Osama bin Laden lived in north Sudan for seven years.
And so that -- the stability of the region in terms of not handing.
Really bad guys in there terrorists is Centre and having some control and having some sense of democracy.
Makes a huge difference to -- And that the difference is everything from.
You -- disease and I'm trying.
Because that sometimes horrible diseases whether it and -- -- of certain kind of bird flu or whatever gets -- gets -- I started in a place or.
Or or like we saw paid in Haiti with cholera -- that there are some very severe that it everything from simple things like disease mongering.
To real issues of terrorism.
It's -- you know who these rebels are what I -- terrorists the fact is is that we've been dealing with these rebels behind the scenes for a very long period and they could not won this without.
Without a Covert -- and with our operations and without great -- and NATO when that comes it would never happen.
So we know these guys are they ignored it in Washington they're already been at the United Nations and we work toward dealing with these guys behind the scenes a hundred --