Margolis is not saying that American rules Egypt in a direct sense, Jack, he's saying that America has in the last few decades secured dominance of Egyptian policy and of the rest of the region (except Iran) through a combination of bribery, intimidation, and force of arms...his use of the term "Raj" to describe it merely draws a parallel between onetime British domination of a region and present American domination of a region. It describes a sphere of influence. You don't need direct political rule to control a region. It can be done by less direct means, and that's how it's been done...except in Iraq and Afghanistan, where it has been done by very direct means.

I do agree, though, that his intemperate remarks which you quoted i regards to Hillary Clinton are unreasonable and out of line. He took it too far there and stretched his point to an unreasonable extreme, as you have indicated.