As of right now, Egypt is fighting a losing battle in the Sinai having no sway over the local Bedouin tribes), so the jihadis are building up forces and weapons to push the battle into Egypt proper, where they stand a better than even chance of routing the Egyptian Army which is tied up in two fronts (Libya). Once Egypt falls, the jihadis will once again control all of North Africa - the base which they used to conquer Europe once before. History repeats, this time with nuclear weapons ...
Ah, you’ve been reading the manual ISIS uses with it’s new recruits
Untie Egypts hands and give them some real time support and anti- terrorist weapons
If we don’t , Putin will
Or maybe we both will