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To: Uncle Miltie
“World Public Opinion: 83% of Egyptians approve of attacks on American troops.”

Uh - so who did the poll? I lived there over a year - in uniform - and was treated very well. The Egyptians are on the whole, quite cultured and very well-mannered. I used to go running every morning in my Marine PT gear - which was running shorts and T-shirt and other than getting some surprised looks, everybody was very nice.

Even got flirted with - one young lady asked me if I'd be interested in converting to Islam and I said no - why? She said "If you convert you can have more than one wife". i.e. her in addition to the wife I already had.

I even had an accidental confrontation with a radical Muslim rabble-rouser. The guy had a bullhorn and was shouting angry-sounding slogans to a crowd that was swarming around traffic and I was stopped right next to him in my official vehicle, in uniform. He glanced over at me and seemed to be shocked when he saw me. I grinned at him and he grinned back and off I went.

It's really hard to be an expert if you haven't been there.

23 posted on 05/19/2019 5:46:32 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail

Pew Research (2010): 55% of Jordanians have a positive view of Hezbollah 
30% of Egyptians have a positive view of Hezbollah 

Ibid.


25 posted on 05/19/2019 8:07:28 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trump 2020 - Re-Elect the M*****F***er!)
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