Information Dissemination has posted an interesting article with the dangling fruit of the POSSIBILITY (remote in his opinion) of there being an NEO in Egypt.
It is worth remembering there are some 90,000 Americans in Egypt. Nothing has been decided, but preparations are being made just in case.Can you imagine?The U.S. Marines have a pair of warships -- the USS Kearsarge and the USS Ponce -- just hanging around the southern end of the Red Sea waiting to see if they're needed to rescue U.S. diplomats and citizens from Cairo. They're half of the Marines' 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, a mini-armada that recently dispatched 1,400 of its 2,000 Marines into Afghanistan. But they've got a "fair number" of helicopters, and Marines, still aboard.Something to keep an eye on.
Even if only half those people request to be moved then you're looking at a "mission impossible"...
Think about it.
You'd have to fully commit the remainder of the 26th MEU.
You'd probably have to fly in the 82nd Airborne Division Ready Brigade.
An entire wing from the Air Forces Air Mobility Command would have to be deployed....
All while a friendly nation other than Israel was lined up to take in this massive infuse of humanity.
The whole idea gives me shivers. And we haven't even begun to think about terrorist mixing with refugees blowing up airplanes or even gaining body counts in the crowds. Not even considered the population turning violent. Not even thought about the Egyptian military attempting to stop the effort.
Is it time for the US Military to rethink its understanding with Americans in foreign countries? Is it time for it to be understood that if trouble erupts they should be PREPARED---and be ready to protect themselves---cause as much as we'd like to, help might not be coming?
I think so. If you can change my mind, I'm all ears.
