Thread: Im lost for words

I have seen similar set ups in police states. The crims are nothing compared to the cops once they think they are soldiers.

Given some of the countries I have lived / worked in this is a very true statement indeed. Cops in Turkmenistan were more feared by the public than the local crims there. Same in Philippines and ditto Panama. Corrupt as all hell and looked after their own.

Originally Posted by Tussock

Add Ethiopia to that list. Very stable, but very brutal. Most of the lovely peaceful middle class friends I had there had nasty scars on their scalps.

Yemen looked the same although I was only passing thru on a visa run

Originally Posted by mikee

Yemen looked the same although I was only passing thru on a visa run

Argentina too, when I was there cops earned around $100US and had to supply their own sidearm and most if not all Govt employeys were getting IOU slips instead of pay.
They were expected to be corrupt to earn a living. Little ol country boy me first time ever overseas had been in the country less than a hour and was being led running threw riots in the st where I saw a cop shot presumably dead and all I could think was dont loose that guy(the guy who picked me up from the airport)
Everything was done with bribes,company even allocated me bribe money(not enough)