When the first Gulf War began, this Blogger was in Luxor, Egypt, on the Nile. (See UP THE NILE, the Greatest Question Ever Asked Results in MAXEY PASHA… http://themaxeychronicles.blogspot.com/2015/05/up-nile-greatest-question-ever-asked.html ). As a consequence of being the last American on the Nile, this Blogger was assigned a Nubian Guardian as a personal bodyguard, and a squad of Egyptian Tourism Policemen to protect him. Eventually, a Tourist Police Captain arrived to protect this Blogger. The Captain Ali (his nom de guerre), told me he was there, protecting me, to take the bullet meant for me. This Blogger was flattered. Ali and this Blogger became friends and pen pals. He would write letters to this Blogger, in English; and this Blogger had to reply to the letter accompanied by a corrected copy, and an enhanced, more eloquent version  of his original letter.  He was honing his English writing skills. Later, Ali became a valued member of Egypt’s “deep state”.