Danger for Sochi

Recently our current news stations are reporting on suicide bombs set off in Russia, very close I might add to the location of the 2014 winter olympics. One was set off consecutively with the following day after the first bomb. Prime Minister Putin of Russia sent out huge security measures to prevent any other attacks, and confirms he will investigate the origins of who was behind the bombs. Unfortunately his  efforts weren't enough because a similar bomb was set off the very next day, in the same city of Volgograd, raising questions about the safety of our Olympics athletes. How will they ensure the safety of all participants, fans, and residents to the area of Sochi?

CNN wrote an article about all the troubling dangers occurring leading up onto the games here. It is known that some areas around Sochi are war zones for Russia, where there are many extremist groups that have settled because of the corrupt government. Cheychnya is a short distant from Sochi and is a known base for the Taliban and other extremist groups. Leading me to believe that the ultimate safety of the people around the area is already compromised and the games do not begin until February 7th. I don't know why the olympic committee would risk a prestigious game like the Olympics allowing the location to be secured by a region considered unsafe and somewhat surrounded by a dangerous area.

Putin has promised to "Annihilate" terrorists if any one of them put the Olympic at risks, but can we as Americans really trust him? The USA team has hired their own security group to protect the athletes everywhere they go, and they have set up escape plans in case of any attacks occur at the games, including arranging airplanes as a means of escape only a short distance away to evacuate them.

"Travelers never forget they're the foreigners."

Mason Cooley