They are terrified. I’m on my way tonight to pickup one such operator that isn’t sticking around any longer. He says there has been zero effort to secure Americans overseas and many effort to ensure Americans are not armed or secure.
Don’t underestimate how fast someone can go over a “security fence”. One night at oh-dark-thirty I happened to get up and glance outside, just as a couple guys emerged from the woods and went over the apartment complex’s “security fence” (much like what you depict) like it wasn’t there.