Post-Morsi Egypt is none too fond of Anne Patterson

One politician says flat out that she's a Muslim Brotherhood sleeper cell operative.  Does that seem outlandish?  Maybe not in light of her call for all MB members detained by the government to be released, a demand to which al-Sisi responded, basically, "Go pound sand."

A Washington Post editorial - editorial, not signed column by a particular pundit - says the MEC regime brought this on itself:

This collapse of U.S. prestige and influence in Cairo is in part the result of a growing xenophobia that has been stoked by all Egyptian parties. But it also reflects consistent missteps by the Obama administration, which over the course of two years has repeatedly failed to speak up clearly against human rights abuses or to use the leverage of the $1.3 billion in annual U.S. aid delivered to the military. Despite a law requiring a suspension of aid to countries following a coup against an elected government, the administration is refusing to designate the coup as a coup and is proceeding with a new delivery of F-16s to the armed forces.

The generals’ position is logical: Why heed advice from Washington if rejecting it will not stop the flow of U.S. arms? The contempt of civilian politicians for U.S. envoys is understandable as well: Why respect a government whose pro-democracy rhetoric has no connection to its actions?

Indeed.