My Webster’s Dictionary defines STUPID as “Lacking normal intelligence, foolish and silly.” I can’t think of a better word for taking a vacation or business trip in a dangerous area. Americans are in jail in Iran, North Korea, Russia, China, and a dozen other countries for being an American. Some are in jail for stupidly violating drug (and other) laws.

            Currently five people are on bail for having a few bullets in their suitcases. Why would someone be so stupid as to have bullets in their suitcase after the repeated reports of the Turks and the Caicos arresting people for the crime?

            People are in prison in Iraq for hiking near the border and perhaps crossing the border by accident. Hikers from other countries would probably not be in jail.

            Several Americans are kidnapped or killed every year for going to an area known to be dangerous. Parts of South America, Mexico, Europe, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific Ocean Islands are places where many people are killed or kidnapped.

            When these stupid people are jailed or kidnapped they want our government to free them. When they are killed their families complain to our government. Forrest Gump’s mother said “Stupid is as stupid does” and hundreds of Americans prove her statement to be true. These people should combine a couple of axioms’ and “think twice before acting once”. Why criticize a president for someone who acted stupid and went where they shouldn’t have or did something stupid and got caught?!