Pine Bluffs Post - Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908

For those of you who have never traveled to a Communist or other type of tyrannical government-run country you will have no frame of reference for much of this article. I apologize for that on one hand yet on the other I’m glad you’ve never had the experience. Unfortunately, I have and I’ve had friends that have been detained while traveling in such countries. It was a terrifying time for them and for those of us who were behind waiting and praying for them.

My first experience was while I was stationed in Greece in 1978. Two good friends from the Flight Surgeon’s office thought it...