Marines poised for mission in Egypt

My anger is off the charts with reading this…

Military Intelligence

Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

Egyptian tensions

(Photo: Khalil Hamra, AP)

A contingent of the Marines’ new fast reaction force for rescue missions in Africa has been moved to Sigonella, Italy, for possible action in Egypt.
“This is certainly one of the possibilities of the (task force),” Marine Capt. Eric Flanagan, a spokesman based at the Pentagon, said in an email. “The unit is always on standby with a short tether.”
With Egypt teetering on anarchy, the 500-member Marine unit could be called on to swoop in and help secure the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
The Egyptian military has given President Mohammed Morsi an ulitmatum: yield to demands from millions of protesters or step aside. It’s unclear what Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, would have to do to satisfy the demands of protesters or the military. His Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement has become increasingly unpopular in Egypt as security and the economy decay there.