[Uncle Miltie]

Why would any Westerner vacation in a muslim country?

A huge proportion of the population just wants to kill you.

[nwrep]

Mostly Europeans (esp. Germans and French) and some South Africans and occasionally Australians. You will never find an American family...

[libstripper]

Why would any Westerner vacation in a muslim country? _________________________________________________________ If I want to commit suicide, there are lost of quicker, cheaper, and less painful ways to do it than visiting one of those Hell holes. As far as travel costs to any one are concerned, I'd happily pay first class not to go.

[Chainmail]

Egypt is fantastic - spent some time there and there’s nothing on Earth like it. 99% of the people there wonderful and like Americans a lot. And 10% are Christians.

The whole point of the terrorism is to scare people away- dam shame if you let them chase you away.

Back in ‘92 I was responsible for 64 Marines as part of a Bright Star exercise near Cairo. There had been a terror attack that killed four people in a restaurant so the army leadership shut down liberty in town. I was able to maneuver things (the deputy commander was a Marine) and I took all of my Marines to Cairo and to the pyramids.

When certain sights and events are important/maybe once in a lifetime, don’t chicken out.

[hanamizu]

A huge proportion of the population just wants to kill you.

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I really doubt that a “huge proportion” of Egyptians want to kill anyone. They want to live their lives in peace and make money off of the tourists who come to see their pre-islamic treasures. The problem with Egypt is that there are more than just a few who do want to kill you, and, if they had their way would level the pyramids and other monuments.

[Dagnabitt]

Everyone I need to know about Egyptian “men”, I learned from reporter Lara Logan’s ordeal at their filthy hands in a public square in Cairo.

Garbage culture. Garbage country. Not with second of my time or a cent of my money. And Never a place for western women.