Egypt: Will U.S. And NATO Launch Second Suez Intervention? by Rick Rozoff   http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/egypt-will-u-s-and-nato-launch-second-suez-intervention-by-rick-rozoff/

On February 1 General James Mattis, commander of United States Central Command whose area of responsibility includes Egypt on its western end, stated that Washington currently has no plans to reinforce naval presence off the coast of that country, but added that in the event of the closure of the Suez Canal:“Were it to happen obviously we would have to deal with it diplomatically, economically, militarily….”