Don't you find it funny?

Question

Terrorism is supposedly a world wide epedemic, at least thats what we are told in the U.S. during an election year, yet the worlds biggest spectator sport (soccer) is in it's fullest swing with the World Cup. Why is there no immenant danger? Huge security risks? Terrorist plots? Do we have to wait till 08 to be scared again? Germany, Italy, commited troops? Oh yea, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.

Answer 1

I know here in Raleigh NC, security was extra tight for the hockey playoffs...and on occasion there are "cells" broken up in the US, but we all know that Bush is the REAL THREAT to our country....

Answer 2

There is heightened security for the world cup, whoever told you otherwise was lying. There was also extremely high security for the Olympics, and if you remember it actually detoured many acts of violence.

Your assumption is that you're being lied to. Instead of listening to one country's sources, why not be an educated responsible person and check the news from other countries, who also note the threat of terror to the world today.

Also, how can you act like there is no threat to the world when Japan has its troops on high alert, China is begging for continued six party discussions, and North Korea has threatened attack to anyone who impedes their progress?

Its ignorance to assume that just because there is not threat to your home land, that your life is not some how in danger of being effected by the acts of a terrorist nation or people. There are many threats that effect us as a global community.

When you're ready to pull your head from your anus you might just realize that.

Answer 3

Because German officials do such a great job in keeping it quiet. Canada has NO TROOPS IN IRAQ, BUT they were the target of a terror cell. WHY? Because the terrorists hate Christians, capitalism and freedom. But you can live in your safe little world and criticize and believe that no one is out to destroy us. If we followed people like you, we would be speaking German! But wait, I really wish we did follow LIBERALS like you, and the Taliban/radical Muslims took over the good old US. Then, when you could not speak out, when Christianity is outlawed, we really could blame you. For you people who think Bush is the problem, you have no idea how idiotic you all sound. You have no clue how much the radical muslims hate you and want you dead. You will not realize until they strike again, and then you will cry and carry on. Thank GOD for Bush; he gets it.

Answer 4

You are misinformed. Here are just a few of the precautions that are being taken.....

Tickets With RFID Chips
The list of security precautions the government is taking is substantial. It begins with the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. More than 3.5 million tickets for the 64 matches will be sold with an embedded RFID chip containing identification information that will be checked against a database as fans pass through entrance gates at all 12 stadiums.

Organizers have asked everyone requesting tickets to provide a wealth of personal data, including name, address, date of birth, nationality, and number of ID card or passport. Never before have fans attending an event organized by FIFA, the world's soccer body, been required to provide so much information about themselves that can be accessed so quickly.

Deep inside the German Interior Ministry in Berlin is the National Information and Cooperation Center, the nerve center for the country's mammoth security operations. The center, which swung into 24-hour action on May 18, will gather reports from the German police, Interpol, and intelligence services about suspicious activity and coordinate security operations nationwide.


Bird's-Eye View
The center is manned by 120 people equipped with a battery of computers and screens offering a bird's-eye view of the World Cup security situation. The screens will show video feeds from surveillance cameras set up to monitor crowds in and around the stadiums as well as in selected public areas.

The stadiums are also equipped with special cameras to record biometric facial features of suspected troublemakers. Video sequences will be checked in real time against photos stored in databases.

Another special group, the Central Sports Intelligence Unit, in Neuss near Düsseldorf, is receiving thousands of tips from authorities in nations competing in the World Cup. Its database includes information on 6000 hooligans who are already known to police and pose a direct threat.

Many of the security systems and procedures were tested during the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in Germany last year.


Fast Fingerprinting
More than 30,000 federal police officers will be on duty during the games. Some of them will be equipped with mobile "fast identification" fingerprint devices. Fingerprint data captured by the optical devices will also be matched against data stored in the central database of the German Federal Intelligence Service.

The German army will keep around 7000 troops on alert, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons forces, in addition to 15,000 private security professionals hired by FIFA to help secure the venues. Airspace during matches at the 12 World Cup stadiums will be closed in a radius of around 5 kilometers.

Germany can't forget what went wrong in Munich, but the security measures the country has taken for the World Cup games could add a new chapter on how to do it right.

Answer 5

No one here cares about soccer, besides the soccer fans kill each other the terrorists don't need to.

Answer 6

GW Bush is the terrorist

Answer 7

Mideast countries like soccer.

Also...I think that terrorist act at an event like that would create really bad press ....even for terrorists.

Answer 8

Honestly I don't find anything funny.