Conspiracy theory about Egypt?

From a reader: "Please leave my name out of any post you might make. Rare (for its honesty) July 3 NY Times article below makes clear that Egypt's military is a virtual extension of the US military.  Based on this article one might think that if the US tells Egypt's. generals/colonels "let's roll," they roll.
Generally I hate conspiracy theories, but interesting that while Obama was in deep trouble over the NSA spy scandal suddenly a revolution in Egypt bursts out (Morsi was only given an impossible 48 hours to make things right), wiping out or at least putting lower on the front page news about the NSA spy scandal."