Palaver

Remember when I told you toads do not hop around in broad daylight unless some predator is trying to turn them into a lunchtime snack? What makes you think Obama’s top diplomat Hillary Clinton is just notching Frequent Flier Miles when she arrived in Cairo on Saturday? The US Secretary of State appears to be on a charm offensive to reassure Egypt’s newly-elected Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and placate military supremo Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, two of the key players in the power struggle playing out in post-Mubarak Egypt. Remember it was the US that kept Mubarak in whatever they call State House Cairo until his last days and also bankrolled and modernised the military. And believe you me, the generals will leave Morsi alone as soon as Big Brother USA finishes the “friendly chat”.