Thursday, January 2, 2014
Putin And His Olympic Moment
Not since Munich has the Islamic terror world waited with such anticipation as the coming winter games in Russia. With all the terrorist attacks that have been going on, it is safe to say it isn't safe to be there. Putin has thrown down the gauntlet in anger to the Muslims that challenge his authority so it will be interesting to see what happens once the games begin. I doubt if the world wants to watch a war go on with the Olympic Games on the side, but who am I?
So far the terrorists are up on the Russian government in terms of tit for tat, the local police are impotent so the military will be doing the bulk of the work and this will look simply a lot like Syria pretty soon if the terrorists get serious, I just cannot see how the Olympic Committee thought it would be good to hold the games there, to me it defies all logic. If American athletes are in danger will the SEAL's come to their rescue?
Russia has an extensive history of Muslim insurgency in their region that gets little notice to the outside world and liberals in general, and how they go about rescuing hostages is near medieval in tactical efficiency. It might be possible that attacks on Western targets will shift to the Russian territory as success is good marketing and important for recruiting, it is also closer to Afghanistan as well, lending to fighters being able to move from one area to another easily and replenishing their ranks.
This moment will show how Putin handles a foreign policy matter at his doorstep with the world watching in full color, let's hope a replay of Munich doesn't happen...
So far the terrorists are up on the Russian government in terms of tit for tat, the local police are impotent so the military will be doing the bulk of the work and this will look simply a lot like Syria pretty soon if the terrorists get serious, I just cannot see how the Olympic Committee thought it would be good to hold the games there, to me it defies all logic. If American athletes are in danger will the SEAL's come to their rescue?
Russia has an extensive history of Muslim insurgency in their region that gets little notice to the outside world and liberals in general, and how they go about rescuing hostages is near medieval in tactical efficiency. It might be possible that attacks on Western targets will shift to the Russian territory as success is good marketing and important for recruiting, it is also closer to Afghanistan as well, lending to fighters being able to move from one area to another easily and replenishing their ranks.
This moment will show how Putin handles a foreign policy matter at his doorstep with the world watching in full color, let's hope a replay of Munich doesn't happen...
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