There are quite a few countries I have no interest in visiting unless certain conditions are satisfied:

1. I'm getting paid to go there.

2. I get to bring an M-16 and plenty of M855 ball.

3. I go with lots of friends with M-16's and plenty of M855 ball.

Pretty much the entire Middle East falls into that category. If these idiots just wanted to go hiking, there are plenty of nice places to do that in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, etc.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.