bourdain q&a in washington post

Bourdain in Beirut

Anthony Bourdain: For the whole time I was there I was often in the bizarre and somehow shameful position of watching a country dismantled before my eyes from a relatively comfortable distance.

Seattle, Wash.: Were you aware of all of the U.S. State Department warnings against travel to Lebanon before you went?

Anthony Bourdain: Yes. But they say that about Oakland too, don't they?

Emphasis mine. Hee!