Why do people want to go to shithole countries?
You can get some seriously high mountain roads on US 212 near Red Lodge, Montana. It is also a better place to show off that Spandex better and obstruct more traffic.
But seriously, this is good news in a macabe sort of way. Before Trump, ISIS got a lot more attention by destroying cities of significant size and killing thousands.
Now they are limited to doing isolated attacks on foreign tourists in Krapistan countries.
“Why do people want to go to s***hole countries?”
They get deployed there. I was sent to Uzbekistan with a maintenance detachment in 2004. No travel allowed but our chaplain pulled strings and we drove to Samarkand to bring stuff to a reopened Catholic church.
Samarkand lies close to the border with Tajikistan. As our guide gave us a quick tour of the city, we drove past a casual hire point where several hundred Tajiks were milling around. The guide turned up his nose & remarked, “they come across the border looking for work. That place is poor and it really sucks.” Yes, his English was that good.
FWIW the Uzbeks seemed OK, not much Islam evident. They are mostly secular and like their vodka. Their women dress as they please. Many go to college here. Too bad our worthless State Department got us kicked out; it could have been a friendship worth having in the region.
liberal colleges told them to ..