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BumRushDaShow

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5. I saw the same in Egypt in the early '90s ('92)

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 18, 2025, 09:59 AM

Aug 18

Young (and I mean *young*) soldiers patrolling around the tourist sites and airports with rifles. This was about a year or two after the debacle in the desert (Operation Desert Storm).

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Tourists greeted by National Guard patrolling DC landmarks on Thursday morning [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 18 OP

Ahh, d**kwaving. OldBaldy1701E Aug 18 #1

About time somebody kept us safe from tourists IronLionZion Aug 18 #2

Life in a police state. Paladin Aug 18 #3

Last time I visited a country surrounded by a military was Guatemala in the early 90s. sinkingfeeling Aug 18 #4

I saw the same in Egypt in the early '90s ('92) BumRushDaShow Aug 18 #5

China has military everywhere IronLionZion Aug 18 #9

On a trip to Mexico years ago, federal troops were on the streets. Lonestarblue Aug 18 #10

When I visited Spain with undergraduate students several times in the 1970s during Franco's reign, tblue37 Aug 18 #12

How does Col. Dave Butler feel about being used as decoration for Trump's little mushroom? hunter Aug 18 #6

Have law enforcement throughout the country really thought about this? otchmoson Aug 18 #7

Tourism and the money it brings will and should be spent elsewhere. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 18 #8

Makes sense considering what the "tourists" did on Jan 6.. twodogsbarking Aug 18 #11

Well, the Natl Guard has to find SOMETHING to do Martin Eden Aug 18 #13