re: #378 Killgore Trout
Was just out chatting with a neighbor who returned from Israel 2 days ago. Many cool stories, I really want to go someday.
It’s usually quite safe, except for the drivers. When Saddam was threatening shit, we had the option to evacuate or send our families back. The State Department rules were to go to a ‘safe haven’, in our case Washington DC. Told the commander “Are you kidding? You can get killed there.”