Chuck Grimes: "Washington maybe watching the endgame of its foreign policy and its economic policies in much of the region if Egypt transforms itself into a representative government."
FM: The American Empire's Suez Crisis? Maybe, but fifty percent of the goods shipped through the Suez Canal are from Asia bound for European markets.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dab112d2-2d61-11e0-8f53-00144feab49a.html#axzz1CdqQjQzG
The Suez-Mediterranean Pipeline brings oil to Europe. As one oil analysis site puts it, Egypt is a "chokepoint" for a large part of the global economy.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/world_oil_transit_chokepoints/Suez.html