a cash transfer. $360 million. and a $300 million loan guarantee. egypt s president addley monsour was there this week. with a massive explosion rocking a security facility in the southern sinai. picking up and leaving town walking away from this relationship wouldn t be good for the egyptian people. it wouldn t allow us to help in the way we ask. and certainly unshared security interests when we talk about counterterrorism, we sock about the sinai and other security interests that would help achieve those goals. a former u.s. senator who visited egypt recently tells fox news there is a perception in egypt that the obama administration is backing the muslim brotherhood. with the announcement of cutting aid sends the wrong message.
what is believed to be still over from the war resulted in two mortar bombs striking in the military post in the golan heights area today. one soldier was injured. israel returned fire. a huge foreign policy decision tonight. chief washington correspondent james rosen is here with breaking news on american aid to egypt. good evening. good evening. senior obama administration officials say the cut to israel tonight are aimed at protecting america s core interests in that country and the middle east. chuck hagel personally telephoned the general to inform him of the decision. the u.s. plans to withhold from the egyptians, a dozen fighter planes a like number of helicopters, four a-1 tank kits these are kits that can be assembled after over yaes. and missiles. and the u.s. is also withholding
going to do. bret: there are diplomatic sources over in the region who are saying, listen, the firm resolve that is being shown in cutting this aid to egypt really was not shown as charles mentions in syria or with iran or a number of. or with the muslim brotherhood when they were in charge of egypt. so, you know, this is a big deal. and i think it raises a question of what is our commitment to egypt. they are focusing on the fact that this is mostly equipment, military equipment, it s some money, but why now? you know, is this part of it is that we don t really know, even the way this has been released we don t know what are the behind the scenes thinking on this? how did they come to this conclusion? and, again, why do you feel the need to withdraw support of the military running egypt but you didn t feel the need to withdraw the support of completely antidemocratic, basically someone who was trying to become a dictator of that country. bret: that said, jonah, if you look at
the road from mt. rushmore. the idea that he deserves the benefit of the doubt by delivering these orders and instructing his minions to inflict pain. and when one of the minions does it in a way that s profoundly offensive, everyone says, he couldn t have meant that. he s responding the way his administration responsibles to his initiative. next up, the u.s. cuts aid to egypt. what does that mean in the big picture? ercent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you.well, you know.
weapons. secondary moral atrocity. ends up he is now a legitimate leader with whom we re dealing and who is praised by ourselves yesterday. with the iranians, we get a few sweet words out of a new president. all of a sunday we have the first communication. we have an opening of negotiations. the gulf arabs are in a panic. now the one state in the region that has gotten rid of the brotherhood, which was, as we heard just before, essentially attempting an abolition of democracy, we are now cutting aid in a way that is simply it simply does not take into account the perception that the united states is now appeasing our enemies, syria, iran, and, to some extent, the brotherhood in egypt and others. and not understanding the effect it s having on our allies. if you are an ally of the united states now, you are wondering if k. we count on anything the americans are