Actually, the Egyptian Revolution, setup by the Obama State Dept, threw out the last remaining moderate in the country.
Say what you want but Mubarak understood that if tourists felt threats, they would stop spending $$$ in Egypt.
I was in Egypt back in ‘98 and felt very safe in most of the country.
The other parts...the tour guides told us not to go there.
Tour guides told us this:
Q: “Why do all the cars drive with their headlights off at night?”
A: “To keep terrorists from firing RPG’s at them”
He was VERY serious.
Think what you will. It’s history now.