Is the US gearing up to invade Egypt?

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41452744/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions.

At the heart of the concern is intelligence indicating that Egypt has quietly carried out research and development on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, biological and missile technology.

The research and development has continued virtually without pause over the past three decades, according to interviews with U.S. officials and a review of intelligence and other government documents by NBC News.

Specifically, the intelligence indicates that Egypt has carried out experiments in plutonium reprocessing and uranium enrichment, helped jump-start Saddam Hussein’s missile and chemical weapons programs in Iraq, and worked with Kim Jong Il on North Korea’s missile program.

“If we found another country doing what they’ve done, we would have been all over them,” said a former U.S. intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/egypt-pentagon-moving-warships-preparing-for-possible-evacuations.html

Pentagon officials emphasized that military intervention in Egypt was not being contemplated and that the warships were being moved only for contingency purposes in case evacuations became necessary.

If it becomes necessary. IF.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/02/07/general-world-markets_8295953.html

http://www.theday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110124%2FNWS09%2F301249955%2F-1%2Fnws

Groton - Connecticut National Guard Detachment 2, Company I, 185th Aviation Regiment of Groton has mobilized and will deploy to the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, to support the Multinational Force and Observers

Looks like this group was gearing up to head to Egypt just as the country descended into chaos.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/01/centcom-chief-military-reponse-unrest/

LONDON – The United States has no plans to redeploy troops or ships in response to the unrest roiling Egypt and the instability in Tunisia and Jordan, the head of the U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.

On a visit to London, Gen. James Mattis said military leaders and lawmakers were closely watching developments, but stressed that he had no orders to rearrange his forces in response.

"These issues do not call for a military solution right now," Mattis said. "There's no reason right now for any shift in military forces, or anything like that. I've not received any orders."

So the US sent troops to the area before they said they were not sending troops to the area. Am I reading this right?

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41452744/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/egypt-pentagon-moving-warships-preparing-for-possible-evacuations.html

If it becomes necessary. IF.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/02/07/general-world-markets_8295953.html

http://www.theday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110124%2FNWS09%2F301249955%2F-1%2Fnws

Looks like this group was gearing up to head to Egypt just as the country descended into chaos.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/01/centcom-chief-military-reponse-unrest/

So the US sent troops to the area before they said they were not sending troops to the area. Am I reading this right?

the US military has regular training exercise with the egyptian military...there's no way the US intervenes militarily that would only serve to unite eygptians against the the US...

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Of course they are not going to invade, for what purpose sheez