The Nando Times: U.S. seeking to cut peacekeepers patrolling Sinai

Odd timing... This is just weird. They're saying it's because the troops are needed for the War on Terrorism, but that doesn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense. There are only 865 Americans in the Sinai; surely the WoT won't fail for the lack of a couple of hundred soldiers. If it did, wouldn't it make a lot more sense to pull them from Europe, where they're busy guarding NATO members from an attack coming from other NATO members?