I did a lot of traveling during my military years. Went all over the Caribbean, South and Central America, Europe, The Philippines, Japan, and even Greenland. The U.S. is no different, no better, than anyplace else and often one hell of a lot less interesting.

I was even in the Middle East for about a year. Yet the only place anyone ever pulled a gun on me and made get on the floor and empty my wallet was right here in my hometown of Detroit.