While this is despicable, I need more facts about who exactly was involved, whether it is nation wide or a splinter group, before I condemn the entire country or any efforts to by the US to co-opt this government. There is a lot more at stake in this region than to totally write off Egypt because of this incident.
I am not soft on this by any means, I was almost blown up in the first attack on the World Trade Center and lost friends in 9/11, however, a meaningful balance must take place in order to have this region stabilize.
"The flag, similar to the banner used by al Qaeda, is commonly used by ultraconservatives around the region. Almost all the embassy staff had left the compound before the protest, and the ambassador was out of town...One young member of the ultraconservative Salafi movement, Abdel-Hamid Ibrahim said, "This is a very simple reaction to harming our prophet."
Egypt protesters scale U.S. Embassy wall, take flag - CBS News