That's an absurdly stupid comment. If we want Egypt to do our bidding, we threaten to withhold the billions in aid we give them. The military answer would be disastrous. For one thing, from a purely tactical point of view, there's no way we could take it fast enough to prevent them from scuttling ships, preventing traffic anyway. They did just that in 1956, when the Brits and French invaded, and they could just as soon do that in 2002. For another, Egypt is the richest, most secularized and most powerful Arab nation. We want them to remain (mostly) on our side, to leverage the support of the smaller countries. Now is not the time to make new enemies.