I see where you're coming from. The two bombings 400 miles from Sochi are unnerving.
But you must remember that the Olympics were awarded to Sochi 7 years ago, so the decision was based on what was known 7-10 years ago. Yes, there have always been problems brewing in Caucus region with Muslims in Chechnya, South Ossetia, Georgia, and the surrounding areas. And it probably could have been argued then that that tension deserved a lot of concern, perhaps disqualification. The Moscow theater hostage crisis and Beslan massacre took place before the Olympics were awarded to Sochi.
That's a long way of saying Sochi doesn't look like such a great place to host the Olympics now. If you looked hard when they were awarded, it might not have looked so great then, either. Unfortunately, that doesn't matter now. The Olympics will go on in Sochi, and it will be guarded like Fort Knox.
It's a perfectly fine idea. Did you see people reconsidering the 2002 Salt Lake City Games after 9/11? Did you see people reconsidering London 2012 after the bomb blasts on the tubes? Did you see people reconsidering China (and they really, really should have?). Heck, Atlanta was bombed DURING the Games, and let's not even talk about Munich 1972.
If you wanted to disqualify every country that had ever had bombings, then hey, sure, Australia is happy to host every single Olympics, but we might have trouble holding the Winter ones...
No it's really not, even then it wasn't the best choice and Pyeongchang, South Korea or Salzburg, Austria should of really been picked. Now the situation is a lot worse. Although 7 years ago it wasn't as bad as it is now.
Yes it was when it was selected some 7 years ago
...cause I don't think it is.
