Egypt: Things are getting too interesting

The Egyptian military appears to be on a
collision course with the U.S. government. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dempsey
is heading to Cairo to talk to the generals.

What makes it especially interesting is that Egypt appears
to be calculating that President Obama and Congress won't cut off the $1.5
billion (that's a B) in aid that the U.S. provides annually. Given the mood of
Congress, and Obama's
visceral disdain for Third World tinpot generals, I think that is a bad
bet.

It is interesting that two of our largest aid recipients
(Egypt and Pakistan) appear increasingly to be acting as adversaries.