Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

Villager II, I guess you missed Europe in the 70s and 80s. Remember the Red Bridgade and Badder Meinhof gang. Not as safe as you think since they were killing people and blowing things up.

One of the reasons I retired and did not stay in Germany was because of them. Got tired of every morning crawling around my car checking for bombs, and was really glad that I was fortunate enough to be authorized to be armed all the time by the U. S. military and the German Government.

After 13 years in Europe I was glad to be back in the United States. Glad that you are a rich white man, but rich or poor life in the US is much better than any place in Europe.