On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:11:16 -0400
dep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On Monday 17 September 2001 10:02, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
|
| | I write from Sweden, but I am an American. I have lived here many
| | years, but I still have a US passport. I saw no advantage to not
| | having one. These days, i dunno...
|
| do what you think is right or, lacking that, what you think best
| enhances your personal safety. you have probably picked a good place
| to be.
This week I was to be in Riyadh. For the first time I can remember, I
really have been a bit afraid to go. Due to flight delays, my VISA has
been held up. Sort of saved by the bell.
This is probably a bit of an explaination for my incessant rumblings on
this here. This is a first for me. I have never felt being an American
abroad was a problem. Most people have far more complaints against the
Germans, who are the real ones throwing their economic weight around in
this part of the world. Not to mention their territorial beach behavior.
A friend of mine in southern France has said that they have been warned to
be discrete in speaking English and being identified as an American. There
is concern that bin Laden's suggestion that 'if you see an American, kill
him' might start to happen.
I was joking on the 'i dunno...' thing. I have no intention of giving up
citizenship. Maybe just the accent.
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