mike barrett a principle with the international security consulting firm. david: diligent innovations. thanks for joining me, mike. what is the downside cutting aid to egypt and libya because it is very tempting right now? >> it is very tempting and would feel good emotionally, reality money we give to egypt is the military. one thing that is keeping muslim brotherhood in line. the military is pretty well-educated. they tend to be more western. they tend to be pretty advanced. they are kind after bulwark there helping long-term interests of the united states. if we're cut off funding we're really only slepting the hand of the muslim brotherhood. melissa: we give $1.6 billion that is late slated this year goes to egypt. doesn't seem like they're keeping things very safe. when you see pictures of rioting and protests going on. you look what happened to our embassy. we're looking at pictures right there. this is a country where we're giving mo anyone to the military. where is the money going? >> you have to think about it as two things. one basically a risk ins

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joining us is a official intelligence officer for the defense secretary's office, mike barrett, currently c.e.o. of a consulting firm in washington, dc. president morsi of egypt had a little bit for everyone. some condemnation of us. some condemnation for the civil war. also, words for iran. what did you think? >>guest: it is important we in the west understand this issue about freedom of speech. this is an important thing. it will come back. we saw with the cartoons a few years ago, a notion there are things you cannot do. we in the west have freedoms but that is not the reality on the arab street. with morsi, what we are seeing is a reflection of what that part of the world feels like. we have to figure out how to deal with it. it is a reality in foreign policy we will have to deal with post arab spring. >>shepard: i read a couple of articles equating it to fire in a crowded theater, making the argument or should not be able to do something under freedom of speech that is absolutely going to insight violence and death. whether we get do that point, that is another matter entirely. >>gue