Go | New | Find | Notify | Tools | Reply | |
eh-TEE-oh-clez |
And this post sums up my most recent concerns, and the reason I started this topic. | |||
|
| eh-TEE-oh-clez |
Looks like I'll wait to see if Egypt calms down a bit. Hopefully within a year or two, before I start a family. | |||
|
| stupid beyond all belief  |
best of luck in the search, enjoy the honeymoon and congrats again! What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
|
Get Off My Lawn |
The U.S. has just enacted a ban of laptops and tablets on flights originating from 10 Middle East countries, Egypt included. The UK enacted a similar ban. I guess Homeland Security knows something we don't. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
|
| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
Wow! Do you have a link to this? That is a huge move. Jim Never mind, I just saw this on Fox. This will get the leftists panties tied up in a knot.  ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
|
Info Guru |
I'm sure you've seen the news, but looks like you made a good choice. Al-Sisi has declared a 3 month state of emergency after the bombing of Christian churches this weekend. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39548645 “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
|
| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
I spent a week in Cairo 20 years ago. It was interesting, indeed, but no way I would go now. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
|
Member |
Absolutely. I went in 2009, a few days after this: https://www.theguardian.com/wo...kills-french-student and i'm clearly still alive. I was in Cairo for work during the Tahrir square protests in 2011. Clearly, even Stockholm and Nice can be hit, as can Florida and California and New York. As long as you're smart, you can minimize risk, but risk will never be zero. You can either never leave the house, or go. (Petty crime is a bigger thing though. Watch your wallet and attempts to pickpocket you in crowded areas.) edit: saw you decided to wait. I'd like to suggest Istanbul as "Middle-east lite". -------------- July NoVA Sigshoot: Shooter's Paradise; 0900 (9AM) 23July05 My Signature is almost a decade out of date! | |||
|
My dog crosses the line |
One of my son's is in Beijing. Ironically that is one of the safest places to be. | |||
|
Member |
Egypt declares state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings Updated 9:59 AM ET, Mon April 10, 2017 Tanta, Egypt (CNN) A day after brazen ISIS attacks killed dozens at two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday, Egypt declared a three-month state of emergency, a measure designed to help authorities root out the killers. . . . . "The state of emergency means absolutely nothing to me," said Andrew Abdel Shaheed, an Egyptian Copt in Brussels. . . . I personally do not feel safe to return to Egypt." | |||
|
| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
Just got back from Australia and New Zealand--you'd like it. Spain was last summer and will be again next Summer (2018). Egypt? Not right now. Someday, if they get their act together better. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
|
| Muzzle flash aficionado |
Well--the Grand Tetons ARE inspirational.... flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
|
Member |
No Why? No se me ha perdido nada allí. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice. | |||
|
| Member |
For the past 40+ years I've traveled extensively through the Middle East on both business and pleasure. Today there are only two countries I'd go to: Israel and Jordan. Pass on all the others, but that's just me. | |||
|
| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Yeah, Chinamen don't Fuck around with security, nor have a problem doling out beat downs. | |||
|
| Member |
If you do decide to go to SA, you're more than welcome to contact me if you need any information. | |||
|
| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
I spent a year as military advisor to Iran, back in 1961-62. My assignment was out in Kurdistan, very near the Iraqi border. So close in fact that we were over flown a couple times by Iraqi jets. I found the people to be friendly, welcoming, and trustworthy. Would I go there now? Doubtful. To Egypt? Not a chance. But then I am old, and my knees will not let me run very much. Not to mention the concealed carry issues. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
|
| Powered by Social Strata | Page 1 2 3 4 |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
|
© SIGforum 2024