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President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Friday that he believes the Russian city of Sochi is safe and that Americans who want to go to the Olympics should go.
Amid questions about whether Russian security is sufficient to head off the threat of militant attacks in Sochi, Obama told CNN in an interview that the Russians understand the stakes involved in playing host to the international event.
Asked what he would tell close friends who wanted to go to the Olympics, Obama said: "I'd tell them that I believe that Sochi is safe and that there are always some risks in these large international gatherings.
DestroyDestroyDestroy
This begs the question of motive; what motive would terrorist factions have to plan an attack on an international sporting event?
beezzer
Or, we can all hide because the big bad terrorists might getcha!
AutumnWitch657
You couldn't go even if you wanted to so admit that.
MarioOnTheFly
How the hell could he know if it's safe or not...no one does. Until SHTF.
MarioOnTheFly
How the hell could he know if it's safe or not...no one does. Until SHTF.
beezzer
Can we all recall the hype and drama over the London Games?
A U.S. lawmaker says the safety of Americans attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia cannot be guaranteed. Republican Congressman Peter King, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, spoke on U.S. television Sunday.
King says he hopes for the best at next month’s Olympics, but security is a concern.
“The fact is that these are going to be very much threatened Olympics, probably more than any we have had in our past," the congressman said on ABC's This Week program. " I mean, everything [possible] is being done by the United States, but the fact is, this is a dangerous region in Russia, by the North Caucuses. There are active terrorist organizations there.”
AthlonSavage
You really don't see Obama as a contemporary example of Good president do you Flyers?
What president/s from history do you consider would of been suited in these times of tough decisions?