Taking Egypt as an example, their attempt was technically pretty successful. The problem that government had was political, and that was because it was a dictat

Taking Egypt as an example, their attempt was technically pretty successful. The problem that government had was political, and that was because it was a dictator enforcing it on his people without being able to convince the people that it was the right thing to do. If the US Government were to bring it in as anti-terrorism laws, while some people wouldn't like it, it wouldn't cause riots on the streets and firefights between the army and the citizens. Will the US try and do this? I doubt it. If they tried, would political opposition prevent them from getting it done? I think and hope so. But the point is that if it did happen, it wouldn't happen in the same way as Egypt, and so wouldn't face the same reaction. In Egypt, action preceded debate. In the US, if it ever happened, by that time the chance to prevent it would have been lost.