Originally Posted by dhuey
GU, Bretteee is looking at the risks to Western tourists, not the populations generally. The point is that they are specifically targeted in Egypt and (so far, at least) specifically avoided in Israel.
What are you saying: that tourists at a hotel or a cafe or club in Israel don't count as victims also (especially when it's near/over a holiday)?
A terrorist organization's "promise" being close to meaningless, the point is that "Western" tourists are not specifically eliminated from terrorist strikes in Egypt or Israel any more than non-"Western tourists" are in Egypt or Israel.
Bretteee is not looking at the risks to tourists specifically; for if Bretteee were -- and even if Bretteee were drilling down for "tourists that count" of just European descent -- the risk level in Egypt is statistically lower for such persons than they are in Israel.
Egypt is safer than Brazil or Israel for "Western tourists".